Thursday, December 01, 2005

France Says Stay!

Apparently having a changed of heart after their own Muslim troubles, the French Prime Minister had this to say:

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, one of the sharpest critics of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, warned Washington on Tuesday against pulling out troops without regard to regional security.
Villepin, interviewed in Paris by CNN, said a badly planned withdrawal could cause chaos in Iraq, "which of course would be disastrous for the whole region."


If if read this correctly, he is saying the same thing that Bush says on an timetable for withdrawal:

Asked whether Washington should set a timetable for bringing home troops, Villepin said any withdrawal "should be coordinated with the local situation in Iraq and the regional situation."
"I think that the timetable should be a global timetable," he said. "The real timetable is the Iraqi situation."


It's true. Not just America will lose if we withdraw prematurely, but every nation with Muslim populations.