The Good Democrat - Tom

The Good Democrat - Tom Lantos, Democrat from California, had this to say yesterday about our ally/frequent beneficiary, France:

Rep. Tom Lantos of California, said he was "particularly disgusted by the blind intransigence and utter ingratitude" of France, Germany and Belgium, which have blocked a U.S.-backed plan to improve Turkey's defenses against any attack from neighboring Iraq. The three countries, which favor giving U.N. weapons inspectors more time in Iraq, see the plan as making war more likely.

"If it were not for the heroic efforts of America's military, France, Germany and Belgium today would be Soviet socialist republics," Lantos said. "The failure of these three states to honor their commitments is beneath contempt."

It's worth noting that Lantos was born in Hungary, and still speaks with a thick Magyar accent that seems incongruous coming from a Californian.

I don't think it's a stretch to note that the European nations that have been most forthright in supporting the US on Iraq have been nations like Lantos' native Hungary - former Warsaw Pact subjects like Poland, the Czechs, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania and the rest.

Posted by Mitch at February 13, 2003 09:01 AM