Syria must commit immediately to destruction of chemical arms: France

[FarCenter]

AFP - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius insisted Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "commit himself without delay" to the elimination of his country's chemical weapons arsenal.

"The proposal of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov merits close examination," Fabius said, demanding that Assad "commit himself without delay to put his chemical arsenal under international control and to let all of it be destroyed."

Fabius also demanded that those behind the alleged August 21 chemical attack that killed hundreds outside Damascus be tried by the International Criminal Court.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130909-syria-must-commit-immediately-destruction-chemical-arms-france

[dipsydoodle]

1. France still wishing to seem to be important

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[Robb]

2. Ask Mali how important they are. nt

[dipsydoodle]

4. Different issue and different scale.

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France was protecting its corporate interests and they did little to actually help the people of northern Mali other than scooting the insurgents out.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. France is a permanent member of U.N. security council, 5th largest economy in the world

a leading member of EU and NATO. I don't think they need to seem important. They are important.

Your attempts to diminish them sound suspiciously like the Bushbots of 2003 pouring French wine into the gutter.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Or Americans pouring Vodka down the drain.

Hollanda generally speaks for effect without necessarily engaging his brain.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. That quote was not from Allande. But don't let facts get int he way of insults

[dipsydoodle]

7. aka Nipper

same as your one.