this is work of fiction, I hope you do not take this to be fact and truth?
On May 6, 4:20 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 > Subject: usma-forum: 100 Days of Being a Laughingstock in Paris > > Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 11:55 AM > > *100 DAYS OF BEING A LAUGHINGSTOCK IN PARIS* > > *Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler Thursday, 30 April 2009 Paris, > France. * > > *It is very cool to be a French intel guy. A spectacular meal at a > Parisian bistro with $90 entrées and a $200 bottle of Bordeaux? No problem. > * > *I'd known this fellow since he got me out of a jam in Sudan years > ago. His James Bond days are over, but still, riding a desk for the > DGSE -- Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (General > Directorate for External Security), France's military intel agency - > in Paris has its decided benefits.* > > *One of them is not being infected with Obamamania. "My agency > considers him a joke," he confides. "Every day there is some > fresh lunacy that we cannot believe. Mr. Bush would often make us angry. > But at this man we just laugh."* > > *"In truth, it also makes us sad," he continued. "French resentment > towards America is strong, so being able to laugh at your country > feels good. But it is such a sad and strange thing to see America - > America The Great! - do something so crazy as to elect this ridiculous > man."* > > *"There are many people in America who think he isn't a legitimate > president as he wasn't born in the US and isn't a natural citizen. > What do you think?" I asked.* > > *He shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I've never had reason to > make an inquiry."* > > *"There are a lot of people convinced he is a traitor who hates > America and is actively determined to destroy it. Any opinion on that?"* > > *He didn't shrug at this. After a long slow sip of wine, he mused, > > "I would not go that far. Many of his actions, however, are very puzzling > because they are so counter-productive regarding America's > best interests. There seems to be a consistent pattern in that direction."* > *"What does Sarkozy think of him?"* > *"Nothing but contempt."* > *After a pause he asked, "And Langley?"* > *"Well, if you thought the war they waged against Bush was intense, > it was nothing compared to how they're going to screw Obama. He has > tried to gut them with the ‘torture memo' release and slashing > their budgets. > The morale is depressed, sullen, and enraged. *You know > what a left-wing outfit Langley is. They thought he was their boy and > they feel betrayed. * All kinds of damaging stuff on him will be > appearing via their media friends."* > > *He nodded. "And in Tel Aviv City?"* > > *He was referring to the huge underground city complex of Langley's > underneath the US Embassy in the Israeli capital. "That's an > interesting question. You know how vast and deep the relationship is > there. Langley is making every effort to overcome the total and > massive distrust their Israeli colleagues have for Obama, whom they > know is selling them down the Jordan River. So far though this > effort is in words. The Israelis are waiting to see what Langley does."* > > *He said nothing. I smiled. "You guys wouldn't be Langley's cutout > for thwarting BO regarding Israel, would you? I'd never suspect that..."* > > *He continued to say nothing, gave me only a slight smile in return, > and poured me another glass of wine. "The Bordeaux is good, yes?" > > I nodded.* > > *"You know, the French media worships this man the same as yours in > the US. All of this ‘100 days' talk, it is impossibly stupid. Most > anyone in the French elite, the business leaders, Sarko's people, they > all know this. They all think this is some crazy joke of the Americans. > But it is a very, very dangerous joke. For 100 days your president has > been a laughingstock among the tout le monde (all the world/everyone) > of Paris. > No one may be laughing 100 days or 10 months from now."* > > *He leaned forward. "The world can go - how do you say - sideways > with this man very quickly. No one he has working for him knows what > they are doing - possibly excepting Mrs. Clinton - and he certainly > does not. All of us in our little community are worried - us, our > friends in Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, and Langley too as you say. It > is not like the barbarians at the gates. It is every barbarian horde > in the world being told there are no gates. The Somalis, Chavez, > Iran, Putin, Beijing, the ‘Norks" as you call them, the list is long > and it is growing. We are not sure what to do."* > > *It took me a moment to respond. "The best thing that has happened > now is Obama making Langley his enemy. They will be cooperating with > you more, be more a part of your worried community. Working together, > you can undermine his efforts more effectively, block and maybe even > repair the damage."* > > *It was my turn to lean forward. "Then again, all together you > could be more pro-active. The man is a mystery. Nobody can make > public his actual birth certificate, or even the particular hospital > he was born in, or his college grades, or how he got into Harvard, or > how he made editor of the Harvard Law Review and never wrote a single > article for it. It goes on and on. He really is a Zero. I think all > of you guys should find all of this out and make it known."* > > *I added, "The quicker the better, before the laughing stops and the > real dangers begin."* > > *"What is that phrase you use?" he asked. "Something to > consider?"* > > *I laughed. "Yes, there is much to consider - and much that you > can do. I mean, really, if the Soviet Union could be dismantled, so can > this presidency."* > > *It was a beautiful April afternoon in Paris. He walked me back to > my hotel. It could be that the times we live in may get even more > interesting.** * > > __._,_.___ > > __,_._,___ > > -- > *~@):~{> > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
