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France Was Right
Reader comment on item: [Nepal and France:] Two Opposite Responses to Terrorism
in response to reader comment: France is finished and probably has been for some time

Submitted by Mike Stanley (United States), Apr 26, 2006 at 17:39

Funny how two years' perspective can make beliefs that seemed so obviously true to some, appear far more questionable. In point of fact, any intellectually honest conservative will have to admit France was right, and America wrong, about Iraq and the "war on terrorism" in general.

And funny -- the supposedly supine French actually had the guts to support publication of the Mohammed cartoons, while the supposedly macho American government, through craven Condi Rice, decried the "insensitivity" of exercising free speech.

Maybe you guys ought to rethink your knee-jerk conservative attitudes.

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Dont Ever Write Nepalese Powerless [99 words]SinghaJul 29, 2008 23:53
Out of Chits [24 words]MarioSep 17, 2007 22:05
terrorism [31 words]dipendra karkiDec 25, 2005 05:04
↔ Islamic Terror [136 words]SoundSep 26, 2006 10:33
French should follow their own advice to Israel [114 words]Ed MillerNov 10, 2005 12:50
Should Muslims attack innocent non-Muslims? [25 words]LuisNov 27, 2004 09:58
A dimmer view of dhimmitude
[w/response] [36 words]		Marvin RabinovitchOct 5, 2004 04:45
Thanx [30 words]Jacqueline BrombergerSep 29, 2004 15:16
Yes! [13 words]BoratSep 21, 2004 12:19
Messing with the Nepalese? What were they THINKING? [104 words]Kirk F.Sep 19, 2004 19:42
Should governments burn mosques? [97 words]David GuySep 18, 2004 13:38
Supineness or subtility? [138 words]NicoSep 18, 2004 06:02
↔ Winning wars [71 words]SoundSep 26, 2006 10:53
↔ Nepal and France [44 words]Mario IbanezSep 17, 2007 21:56
Individual and Community indicators [68 words]David W. LincolnSep 16, 2004 19:29
How much capital does a country like France has? [116 words]lubiczSep 16, 2004 15:26
Only a few understand militant Islam [39 words]Moses OwolabiSep 16, 2004 11:39
↔ Western weakness... [121 words]MichaelNov 6, 2006 17:15
Did not quite agree with your article [315 words]Jaideep MukerjiSep 16, 2004 11:26
Reprisals [73 words]DannySep 15, 2004 22:01
The French [50 words]W.H. GutgesellSep 15, 2004 17:07
Is the Left more like France ? [35 words]Michael SandorffySep 15, 2004 13:55
↔ could it be? [29 words]john mikeschJun 30, 2006 01:10
Reaction to hostage taking [80 words]Mitzi AlvinSep 15, 2004 11:40
Good job! [23 words]Victoria VernauSep 15, 2004 09:53
Right on! [256 words]Paul RhoadsSep 15, 2004 06:16
I don't see history as a guide [101 words]Marcus RometschSep 15, 2004 04:25
BIEN FAIT POUR LEUR GUEULE! [53 words]Adam GreavesSep 15, 2004 03:30
Equalizer to Islamism [66 words]prafulbidwaySep 15, 2004 01:46
Dhimmitude and the future of the EU [619 words]J. Keen HollandSep 15, 2004 00:10
Hit me and I will hit you back? [59 words]Vinod GulatiSep 14, 2004 23:42
Reactions to Islamic extremism [52 words]Elliott BlumbergSep 14, 2004 23:23
Not so sure [438 words]Garry PriorSep 14, 2004 23:07
The Nepalese Solution [133 words]Darwin BarrettSep 14, 2004 19:56
Nepal and France [188 words]Raf WugalterSep 14, 2004 19:41
France, Nepal and INDIA. [71 words]KURUKSHETRASep 14, 2004 19:21
Nepal and French responses [36 words]JeanSep 14, 2004 19:00
Nepal and France [49 words]bobSep 14, 2004 18:47
the Nepalese way [45 words]GERALD PRENICKSep 14, 2004 18:21
Overstated? [175 words]bucephalusSep 14, 2004 18:04
↔ Violence will escalate. [88 words]AlwellSep 25, 2006 16:09
↔ how it will be [72 words]michaelNov 6, 2006 17:31
French Appeasement [258 words]JohnSep 14, 2004 17:31
France is finished and probably has been for some time [42 words]John CraigSep 14, 2004 15:51
↔ ⇒ France Was Right [91 words]Mike StanleyApr 26, 2006 17:39
Whose example should Israel & US follow: Nepalese or French? [137 words]Eleonora ShifrinSep 14, 2004 13:59
What terrorists want [109 words]The Night OwlSep 14, 2004 12:12
Appeasement. [10 words]David HarrisSep 14, 2004 11:40
Equally self-destructive responses [235 words]JoshSep 14, 2004 11:08
A MATTER OF TIME [95 words]DON VANSep 14, 2004 10:05
Major difference [41 words]dave kessingerSep 14, 2004 10:04
↔ It is pathetic [124 words]anguneSep 25, 2006 19:42

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