Insider Report: Cowardly France Tries to 'Maximize U.S. Casualties'

Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories):
1. Cowardly France Tries to 'Maximize U.S. Casualties'
2. What the Frenchies Are Good For
3. The Real Way to Spell 'Chirac'
4. New York Times Catches Up to NewsMax
5. 'Hellish Scenario' for Mass Poisonings in America
6. Israelis Seek Refuge in Eastern Europe
 

1. Cowardly France Tries to 'Maximize U.S. Casualties'

The cowardly French are so jealous in guarding their multibillion-dollar financial ties to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein that they will endanger the lives of American servicemen.

"Essentially the French are trying to maneuver the U.S. into a position that would maximize U.S. casualties - as if enough US soldiers haven't been killed on France's behalf," a source tells NewsMax.

"French politicians are using the lives of U.S. soldiers as pawns, while the infrastructure of French political freedom lays on the solid foundation of the bones of U.S. servicemen."

Here's the scoop, according to Stratfor.com:

Because of desert heat, any war against Iraq must conclude in April. "The preference to begin the war under moonless skies means that an attack is possible around March 1 or at the end of March - which wouldn't leave enough time for the operation.

"The next moonless night, or night when the moon rises after 4 a.m., will be Feb. 27. The moon re-emerges on March 4. The United States does not want to attack in mid-month, with the full moon. The next open window will come at the end of March. If the weather sets a terminus date of about April 15, that will allow for only a two-week operation before problems might begin to arise from the weather.

"It is no accident that a French proposal suggests another report from chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix on March 14. The French, in this apparently innocent proposal, know they are undermining the U.S. military option. It is also no accident that the United States is insisting that Feb. 28, when Blix is scheduled to give his next report, is the date that Washington is insisting on as the final decision point.

"If France wins, the United States either has to fight the war under less than optimal conditions or postpone the attack. President George W. Bush is not going to start a war at a time when his commanders are saying that it might entail additional risk. If anything went wrong, the president couldn't survive that call."

Urgent: Stop cowardly France! Join the boycott against all things French!

2. What the Frenchies Are Good For

Speaking of pantywaist Parisian prisses, here's a popular joke that's making the rounds.

Q: Why does France graciously plant trees on both sides of every street, road and highway in the nation?

A: So that invading armies can march in the shade.

3. The Real Way to Spell 'Chirac'

And as one NewsMax reader chimes in: "It's not Chirac ... It's Shhh-Iraq. Please make a note of it."

4. New York Times Catches Up to NewsMax

Several readers have written in to congratulate NewsMax on scooping the almighty New York Times, which Thursday finally noted that U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix gave Iraq 30 days to detail how it would dispose of its illegal al-Samoud II missiles.

Our U.N. correspondent, Stewart Stogel, had that a couple of days earlier. Then the Times and the wire services caught on.

Gee, and when we report information from the Times we give the Old Gray Lady attribution.

5. 'Hellish Scenario' for Mass Poisonings in America

"Among the most hellish scenarios for terrorist catastrophes in New York would involve saboteurs blowing up one of the nearby chemical plants across the river in New Jersey," writes James Ridgeway of the Village Voice. "Prevailing westerly winds would waft the toxins across the Hudson over a helpless Manhattan."

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, only bio-terrorism would be worse than a chemical terror attack.

"There are 120 major chemical plants in the U.S., each one potentially threatening the lives of a million people. A government investigation reports that their safety precautions run from 'fair to poor.' 'Worst case scenarios' filed with the Environmental Protection Agency reveal just how devastating this could be - one plant in New Jersey could emit enough toxic chemicals to poison 12 million people," Ridgeway writes.

6. Israelis Seek Refuge in Eastern Europe

In a strange reversal of history, Israelis are lining up for passports from Eastern European nations their parents and grandparents fled.

"The queue is there every week: the demand for passports from post-communist countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary is suddenly huge. The people applying for passports all had relatives who had lived in these countries. Many fled because of the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust, finding a safe haven in what was then British mandate Palestine," the London Independent reported.

The reason: Israel is not as secure as it once was. The people don't want to leave Israel but want a second passport as a reserve option "just in case."