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2004-03-17 Europe

French describe Madrid bombing as a "benediction"

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Posted by ed 2004-03-17 9:25:48 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 France (and now the Spain) and the US have a fundamental difference in how we deal with terrorists. The US gets mean and agressive and the terrorists stay away and/or are prevented from another attack on the US. France and Spain practice appeasement (it wasn't the Socialists being elected as much as Zap's words that will sink them) and we will not be able to work out these fundamental differences toward dealing with terrorists. France and Spain will have to live with the fact that the Islamist crockodile is still pointing toward them, he just hasn't munched 'em down yet.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-17 9:39:28 PM|| 2004-3-17 9:39:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 AndrÃ© Glucksmann, the polical essayist, who was one of the few French intellectuals to attack the Chirac line during the war and who has defended the ouster of Saddam Hussein on moral grounds, noted that Aznarâs party, despite its support of the Bush administration, had a lead in the polls until the attack. "In three days," he said, "the killers turned public opinion around. How can the murderers not come to the conclusion that theyâre the ones who decide and that terrorism is stronger than democracy?

Sacre bleu!!!! A Frenchman with a clue!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-17 10:07:00 PM|| 2004-3-17 10:07:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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