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2005-04-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

France condemns spate of bombings as 'intolerable'

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-04 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Typical French gas bagging. "Nothing to see here move along."

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-04 12:42:47 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-04 12:42:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Does ~~Michelle~~ Michel insist he is a man, too?

Posted by .com 2005-04-04 6:21:28 AM|| 2005-04-04 6:21:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 He is reputed to be either a man or an Episcopalian bishop...

Posted by Fred 2005-04-04 9:42:39 AM|| 2005-04-04 9:42:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Looks like he's getting his Mark Bavaro on with the way he's gonna catch that pass over the middle...

Posted by Raj 2005-04-04 12:23:50 PM|| 2005-04-04 12:23:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Typical French gas bagging."

LOL! THAT'S A KEEPER, SPoD!

Posted by Ptah 2005-04-04 1:13:52 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-04-04 1:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 french cant hardly ignore the bombings and still claim to be the protectors of the Maronites, or anyone else in Lebanon for that matter. Its way too early to send in the FFL - theres no real disorder yet that the Leb Army cant handle. It would provide an excuse to Hezb to go on resisting against the Maronites and their "imperialist" friends. At this point its important to keep the Syrian withdrawl going. When thats done the undercover Syrian leave behinds will work with Hezb to retain Syrian/Iranian influence, to prevent the Hezb being disarmed, and perhaps to stir up violence. First line of defence is Leb Army, local pols, and covert ops by France, US and other friendly parties. If that fails it would be necessary to form an intervention force - which would HAVE to include muslims as well as FFL, to deal with Sunni and perhaps Druze (let alone Shia) sensibilities.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-04-04 1:53:02 PM|| 2005-04-04 1:53:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 And after that sequence of events, LH, do you imagine that France will suddenly identify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization? It's all fine and well to project the sequence of events-it may well proceed as you descrive--but wouldn't the French schizophrenia on Hezbollah remain a part of that sequence?

If the answer is they would change their public stance on Hezbollah, then great, we might actually have an ally back. If the answer is no, then France's willfulness would be one of the "root causes" of terrorism in Lebanon, wouldn't it (if appeasement is viewed as a root cause)?

Posted by Jules 187 2005-04-04 2:59:51 PM|| 2005-04-04 2:59:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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