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2013-07-10 Europe

No First Amendment There: French Court Finds Me Guilty in Al-Dura Affair

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Posted by 2013-07-10 05:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 J'accuse

(or as the philosopher Yogi Berra said "It's deja vu all over again")

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-07-10 08:44|| 2013-07-10 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like modern France was modeled on old Twilight Zone episodes.

Posted by Dopey Sinatra 2013-07-10 15:36|| 2013-07-10 15:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a little theory. Sine De Gaulle's return in 1058 France has been West's protector of the Arab cause and specially of the Palestinians. But peace in Near East means the Arabs no longer need France and its influence in Near East goes to the toilet.

So Al Dura's death was very convenient for France. Now, at that time power in Frace was shared between Socialist Prime minister and Jacques Chirac. Jospin was a rigidly honest Calvinist whose car was pelleted with stone when he visited Paleoistan because of what he had said about Israel's right to live. But President was Tacques Chirac ie the man who had tried to provide nukes to Sadam Hussein and was from the same party than De Gaulle ie the man who spent WWII asking himself how to stick it to the Allies intead of to the Germans (in his 800 pages book about his action in WWII there are about 5 pages on actions contributing to Germany's defeat) and whose foreign policy was France being woorld's power brokere and selling its body to the best offerer. Chirac shared that vision. So yes, I fo believe the Al-Dura affir was not an initiative of a cemebrity hunhry state owned broadcaster. I think some from far above gave orders to Enderlin.

Posted by JFM 2013-07-10 16:59|| 2013-07-10 16:59|| Front Page Top

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