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2020-07-18 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2020-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Sublime Porte

#1 La Belle France still has no business being a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-18 00:27|| 2020-07-18 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The French are correct.
Dumb USA will never learn, expect even worse if Biden winds the election.

"La Belle France still has no business being a permanent member of the UN Security Council."

Something should not exists.

Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2020-07-18 03:40|| 2020-07-18 03:40|| Front Page Top

#3 "Macron believes that Erdogan is a major cause of instability in the Middle East"

The US is a major cause of instability in the Middle East.

"These moves represent a clear and present danger to French national security"

How so? France is in no danger whatsoever.

"especially since Libya borders both Tunisia and Algeria which have long historical, political and economic ties with La Belle France."

This doesn't make sense. France bombed Libya into the stone age and caused the current problem in the first place. Nobody liked Khadaffy but he was stable.

"Macron has accused Turkey of "criminal responsibility" in Libya and stressed that the country’s intervention there threatens European security."

France's intervention in Libya threatened European security by removing the stopper from the refugee bottle. But maybe that was the intention all along.

Posted by Thumper Grundy4208 2020-07-18 05:46|| 2020-07-18 05:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The US is a major cause of instability in the Middle East.

It was stable for hundreds of years under the Ottoman yoke. It was the European grab for territory after WW1 that created the fracturing of the place into new tribes. De-colonization in the aftermath of WW2 made sure that things would never be 'stable' for generations and oil/gas only put more fuel into that fire. We didn't start the fire, it was always burning.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-18 06:01|| 2020-07-18 06:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Too bad Reagan didn't take out Qaddafi after the Le Belle disco bombing in Berlin & PanAm flight 103.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-18 06:42|| 2020-07-18 06:42|| Front Page Top

#6 France’s feud with Turkey

Red on red?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-18 06:49|| 2020-07-18 06:49|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ no, more like mauve on red

Posted by Mercutio 2020-07-18 07:11|| 2020-07-18 07:11|| Front Page Top

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