>Apparantly, he'll use a British court because it would be difficult
>to make his case in a US court, where he would have to prove a
>malicious intent to deceive. I always thought conservatives hated
>frivilous lawsuits...
Mightn't there be embarrassing testimony under oath and materials under subpoena?
Perle's a busy guy. On the "Chirac, rhymes with iraq" beat (yeah we backed him, but he wasn't our friend!):
>Perle Accuses Chirac of Siding with Saddam
>Thu Mar 13, 5:16 AM ET
>
>PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. defense adviser Richard Perle accused French
>President Jacques Chirac on Thursday of siding with Iraqi leader
>Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and resisting U.S. strategy on
>Iraq (news - web sites) because of personal relations with Saddam.
>
>"France has aligned itself with Saddam -- there's no other way to
>look at this," Perle, who has pursued a line of personal criticism
>of Chirac in recent months, said in a pre-recorded interview aired
>on RTL radio.
>
>"President Chirac has said Saddam Hussein was his friend -- a
>friend, one of the most brutal dictators in this world?" said Perle.
>
>Perle is head of the Defense Department Policy Review Board, which
>has an influential advisory function but no direct role in
>formulation of U.S. government policy.
>
>He was referring to the early 1980s when France, the United States
>and the rest of the Western allies backed Iraq in a war with
>neighbor Iran.
>
>"We never called him a friend," Perle said.
>
>Chirac said this week France would use its veto at the United
>Nations (news - web sites) if a vote was called on a draft U.N.
>resolution proposed by the United States that could trigger war with
>Iraq.
>
>Perle, widely regarded as one of the most feisty pro-war advocates
>in Washington, said there was no question of the split over Iraq
>triggering U.S. trade sanctions against France, noting that the two
>countries were "old friends and allies."
>
>Asked if he would take a holiday this year at a house he owned in
>the south of France, Perle told his radio interviewer: "I like
>France a lot but there are times when one cannot accept the policy
>of the French administration."