And by all the way gay, I mean flaaaaaming! Here's an image being used at a French jihadi forum to announce an al Qaeda in Iraq video showing the murder of five prisoners.

The inevitable outcome of mixing France with jihad.

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Further to Good Lt.'s post below, I note that there's even more good stuff later in the speech, especially as regards women's rights:

(Translated) I want to launch a call to all those in the world who believe in the values of tolerance, of liberty, of democracy and of humanism, to all those who are persecuted by the tyrannies and by the dictators, to all the children and to all the martyrized women in the world to say to them that the pride, the duty of France will be at their sides, that they can count on her...

France will be at the sides of the Libyan nurses locked up for eight years;

France will not abandon Ingrid Betancourt;

France will not abandon the women who are condemned to the burqa;

France will not abandon the women who do not have liberty.

France will be by the side of the oppressed of the world.

This is the message of France; this is the identity of France; this is the history of France...

My dear compatriots, together we will write a new page of our history. This page of our history, my dear compatriots, I am sure that it will be grand, that it will be beautiful. And from the bottom of the heart, I want to say to you, with the most total sincerity which is mine at the time when I speak to you: Long live the Republic and long live France.

Vive Sarkozy! (h/t : David Kopel @ Volokh)

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The victory is symbolic and 'a teaching moment' in many ways.

One of the most interesting teaching points is this: socialism/leftism is such a detrimental and demonstrable failure of a governing philosophical dogma that even the FRENCH rejected it decisively.

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Via Reuters:

"Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice," [Segolene] Royal told RTL radio.

"It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of (his) candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country (if he won)," she said.

Pressed on whether there would be actual violence, Royal said: "I think so, I think so," referring specifically to France's volatile suburbs hit by widespread rioting in 2005.

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Via AP:

Voters narrow a field of 12 to two favorites who reach the runoff May 6, and only conservative, pro-American Nicolas Sarkozy seems certain to make that cut.

Suspense will hang heavy over the day of national reflection starting Friday at midnight, when all candidates and polling agencies fall silent after an often cacophonous campaign.

Polls suggest Sarkozy's challenger will be Socialist Segolene Royal, an unconventional leftist determined to be the first woman in France's top job...

Sarkozy once sounded like a determined free-market reformer, ready to shake France up from top to bottom. But in recent months he tempered his talk about a "rupture" with the past and has watered down tax-cut plans. A lifelong anti-communist and son of a Hungarian immigrant, he even quoted a Marxist philosopher...

But the campaign focus never stayed on jobs, instead switching to school choice, trashing the European Central Bank and taxing the rich, then to cracking down on youth rampaging in a Paris train station.

In recent weeks, the most enduring campaign theme was French identity.

Sarkozy proposed a Ministry of Immigration and National Identity, which critics said smacked of Nazi-style racism and was a nod to Le Pen's anti-immigrant electorate. Royal's flag-waving call sparked extended debate in the media over what it means to be French.

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1 Maybe they will start to put 'freedom fries' on the menu over there as well.                             USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 20, 2007 05:11 PM (2OHpj)

2 I'm curious as to how many Le Pen voters will actually support Sarkozy in a runoff against Royal.  Anybody have some insight on this point?

Posted by: wooga at April 20, 2007 05:48 PM (t9sT5)

3 The French as a nation are to cowardly to vote Sarkozy into office. Better to bow and scrape. Besides you know damn good and well that the muslim scum will riot and burn and rape. Their normal solution to not giving in to them.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 20, 2007 08:10 PM (E6u6Q)

4 Sarkozy . . .geeeez, perhaps that'll do.  Whatever became of Phillippe de Villiers?

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at April 20, 2007 08:42 PM (MAPKL)

5 Sarkozy probably as a foreigner he can lead the frogs to self respect like that other foreigner (Napleon) did.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 21, 2007 09:42 AM (oChhC)

6 Good luck to him, for it's painfully evident that France is about to go down the drain. Not that that'd especially be a great shame or anything, but it'll facilitate others being pitched down the same route and give fresh impetus to the perpetrators, who shan't be named, mostly because it's obvious who they are.

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I just came across this profile on Nicolas Sarkozy, written by Claire Berlinski in 2004. Though written in the context of that time, it's a quick and easy read, and sheds a lot of light on just who Sarkozy is. Among the Sarkozy trivia:

In 1993, when Mr. Sarkozy was simultaneously the mayor of the French suburb of Neuilly and France’s budget minister, a madman took 21 schoolchildren hostage in Neuilly, threatening to blow them up. While the minister of the interior and the prime minister remained safely in their offices, Mr. Sarkozy drove directly to the school and offered to exchange himself for the hostages. It is rather hard to imagine Mr. Chirac doing the same thing.

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French jihadis recruiting Europeans to join the jihad in Iraq. And who does Jacques Chirac blame? America, of course.

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Via LGF:

“What is there left to do if you can’t laugh at terrorists? If we can’t laugh at them, we are done for,” Charlie Hebdo editor Philippe Val told the Paris criminal court.

[Nikolas] Sarkozy, the front-runner in the presidential elections in April, seemed to agree, saying in his letter that Charlie Hebdo had followed “an old French tradition, that of satire.”

“I prefer an excess of cartoons than the absence of cartoons,” Sarkozy wrote in the letter read by the weekly’s lawyer Georges Kiejman. Describing himself as a “favorite target” of the weekly, Sarkozy said he accepted that “in the name of freedom, you can laugh at everything.”

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We've heard this before. But wouldn't France's quick and inevetable surrender to Israel make the Six Day War seem like the 100 Years War? HT: James more...

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Via the Jerusalem Post:

France's interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, formally clinched the ruling conservatives' presidential nomination Sunday, pushing a pivotal race for a discouraged nation into high gear.

The ruling UMP party announced that Sarkozy, the sole person listed on the party ballot, had won a vote by registered members. He now faces a tight race against the top contender on the left, Socialist Segolene Royal, for the elections in April and May.

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Sarkozy has earned both kudos and vitriol for promising to cut cherished workplace protections, championing tough police tactics in hardscrabble housing projects and sending illegal immigrants back to Africa and elsewhere.

He says he is trying to snap France out of its slump: He says the French are overtaxed, overburdened by government fees that crimp innovation, too resistant to speaking English and ill-prepared for globalization.

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The reason stereotypes are so long-lasting? Because they're usually true. From the land of retreat and appeasement, news that fighting back is now official French policy.

There might be a good joke here in the making if it wasn't so tragic:

Q: What do you call a Frenchman who fights back?
A: Indicted.

Hat tip: Ghost of a Flea, who remains your number one source of all things related to Kylie Minogues fantastic backside.

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(Biscarrosse, France) Sacre bleu! France is modernizing its nuclear arsenal with a new missile intended for submarine launch. Deployment is expected around 2010.

From Reuters:

France test-launched a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles for the first time on Thursday, eyewitnesses at the launch site said.

The M51 missile has a range of 6,000 km, 50 percent further than that of the missile currently in service.

Developed by European aerospace giant EADS, the M51 will also be able to carry a heavier load than the M45 it will replace, and be armed with up to six warheads.

In other news, rioting in city suburbs continues like clockwork, resulting in hundreds of burning cars, trucks and busses every night. As an example, police viewed the torching of 277 vehicles in one recent night as "relatively calm."

Being blamed are gangs of youths, identified only as children of immigrants, who have escalated the violence to include deliberately targeting police and other officials for attacks. French authorities are perplexed about how to respond to the violence since they haven't decided whether the rioting is caused by an underclass of domestic criminals or a "fifth column" of seditious foreigners.

I'd suggest they create a new category for the rioters. Without considering their motives, call them "Le thugs" and put them in jail.

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1 I wonder how many cars are burned every night in other countries...
Did you know that less than 10% of this number is linked to social unrest? The other 90% are insurance scam, personal vengeances, accident etc.
This, of course, does not mean that there is no problem in Europe suburbs.

Posted by: Here at November 09, 2006 12:02 PM (lLR4O)

2 Mike states "creat a new category for the rioters.  Without consideration call them "Le thugs" and put them in jail.
 
You're far too generous Mike.  Take each "Le thug" and use as a counter weight to balance the new French missile design - perhaps that should 'perfect' it just enough.   Test each missile by aiming each fully balanced prototype in the general vicinity of each "le thug's" ancestry.  Practice makes perfect.

Posted by: heroyalwhyness at November 09, 2006 02:21 PM (MAPKL)

3 When the Muzzies take over France, they will theoretically have these missles at their disposal. Not a very comforting thought. But other than that, I'm having a nice day. I'm off work for the next 15 days, and am looking forward to putting some meat in the freezer.

But worry not, Greg, we now have internet at our deer camp out in the woods. By a miracle of modern science, and money, we have internet coming in on the dish. Ain't that nice, so Greg and your minions, I will still be watching you.

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 09, 2006 05:00 PM (8PoNP)

4 Same from the Greyrooster. Only my little dish in on by boat. It works sometimes in the morning or evening with calm seas. Jesusland Joe. We have so many deer and hogs over here it's unbelieveable. Katrina destroyed hunting last year. All the trees down has created a paradise for deer and hogs. No way to go in after hogs without getting your dogs cut up and the deer don't need to come to a food plot because of the downed browse. Just wait until next year I'm going to bulldoze a path into the hammocks and set up my tree stand. Then I'll pretend the deer are democrats.

Posted by: Greyrooster at November 10, 2006 01:04 AM (iEtob)

5 You're quite a man, Greyrooster.  Hey, you know what?  Maybe you should try hunting other hunters who are hunting you instead of sitting in a tree picking off animals as they walk by and pretending you're a hunter.

Posted by: CafeenMan at November 10, 2006 11:22 AM (eNwl1)

6 CafeenMan, get off the Greyrooster. He's in his 60's, and he can't rightly stalk game like he did in his younger days. You've got to give us older folks a little slack. And GR was just making a joke. Take it that way.

Posted by: jesusland joe at November 10, 2006 03:02 PM (8PoNP)

7 Damn... I didn't know he was a fogey.   Sorry GrayRooster.  Carry on.  If you get the opportunity to shoot a redneck in the face, try to take advantage of it.

Does hating rednecks make me a racist?

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We've covered the fact that French TV is suing a number of people over the simple act of questioning whether the publicly owned broadcast station might be complicit in spreading Palestinian lies and propaganda. At issue is who really killed Mohammed al-Dura, who's death began the Second Intifada. Strong evidence suggests that the boy was killed by Palestinian gunmen, and not the Israelis.

Whatever happened to liberty in France? Truth is, there has never been liberty in France. Democracy, yes, but not liberty.

We don't know why she'd want to go, but Neo-Neocon has been in France reporting on the various lawsuits.

Luckily, at least one mind has been changed over the blood-libel accusations constantly levelled by the Palestinian propagandists. Just 20 million to go.

Just start at the top and scroll down for her various adventures.

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Generic Youths of in Paris are celebrating last years generic riots in Paris this week by burning a bus.

The MSM are preparing to cover more generic violence by angry generic youths in remembrance last year’s generic violence.

International Herald Tribune: PARIS Police held two teenagers for questioning Monday after a gang of youths forced passengers out of a bus in a Paris suburb this weekend and set it on fire, officials said.

The two teens, aged 13 and 18, were rounded up after the attack Sunday in Grigny, south of Paris, and were being held in a regional police office in nearby Evry, police said.

The attack came days before France is to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of three weeks of riots by youths in poor neighborhoods.

Sunday's assailants, some wearing masks, forced passengers out of the bus in broad daylight, set it ablaze and then stoned firefighters who came to the rescue, police officials said. The local prefecture said nearly 30 youths were involved in the incident.

The attack followed nearly a half-dozen incidents in recent weeks in which suburban youths have attacked police officers, in some cases in planned ambushes.

Such clashes have raised tensions ahead of Friday's anniversary of the start of the 2005 riots, which laid bare the problems of racism and discrimination faced by poor youths of immigrant origin.

Youths from France’s run-down suburban estates began rioting on October 27, 2005, after two teenagers of North African origin died when they were accidentally electrocuted in a sub-station while trying to flee police in Clichy-sous-Bois, east of Paris.

Riots erupted over the following weeks in most of the country’s major cities. Many of those involved were from Muslim immigrant families, prompting a debate about integration and discrimination in France. Amid fears of a fresh eruption of violence, Jean-Louis Borloo, France’s minister for social cohesion, on Sunday evening called for people to act responsibly because “tensions are raw just as we’re in the process of resolving the difficulties.”

The Australian: District police chief Jean-Francois Papineau called the bus attack "deliberate".

Pipeline News: October 23, 2006 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - French police found themselves once again under attack by firebomb wielding North African Muslim immigrants on Sunday.

The Paris suburb of Grigny was the scene of the pitched battle which featured 50 Islamic youths rampaging through the streets taunting police, pelting them with rocks and torching passenger vehicles including a bus.

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1 kill a frog for allah, that's the jihadists battle cry. I bet those dumb frogs all urinating all over themselves trying to put this multicultrual 'event'  in its proper place while avoiding being beaten to death. Maybe they could offer the disenfranchised youth their women and appease them in this manner. I'm sure it would work. The jihadists may as well start burning government buildings and banks and targeting civic leaders and destabalize large parts of france. Why fool around with burning some vehicles when much better fare is theirs for the taking? It would be the smart thing to do if you were a jihadist and the only thing opposing you was some gutless, cowardly frog infidels. Maybe we can see some frog beheading videos too. I honestly don't know if I hold the pathetic french in more disgust or the muzzie thugs.

Posted by: goesh at October 23, 2006 10:50 AM (vX0fY)

2

They should shoot to kill the rioters, then identify their families, round them all up and send them back to their home countries.

Posted by: memphis761 at October 23, 2006 10:52 AM (D3+20)

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Since they feel so strongly that they riot, they must be right; let's give them everything they demand including complete submission to their belief system! (SARC)

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at October 23, 2006 11:03 AM (vixLB)

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" They should shoot to kill the rioters, then identify their families, round them all up and send them back to their home countries. "

What Memphis761 says, but first they have to grow some balls, and we need to do the same!

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at October 23, 2006 11:15 AM (Dd86v)

5 The MSM/DNC is lieing again by hiding the facts."Generic" my ass!

Posted by: Jo macDougal at October 23, 2006 11:36 AM (2vpLj)

6 And zee Fwench will sit back and take all this merde because zee Fwench are lovers, not fighters, dontcha know! I'm waiting for Chirac and de Villepin to run a press conference and admit that they have already converted to Islam and that Fwance is now an Islamic Republic. Sarkozy will be jailed for blasphemy and treason against the Islamic republic of Fwance and Chirac will be dictator for life. Ahmadinejad will congratulate his new bestest friend Jacqbar(Sorry Hugo, you've been replaced!) and congratulate him for coming over to the dark side of the force. Fwance will become a festering pool of terrorism training with Hizbullah and Hamas coming to see Jacqbar for funding and weaponry and maybe Mahmoud can just buy nuclear warheads directly from Jacqbar rather than waste their time developing their own. Attacks across Eurabia will be launched from Fwance. "Generic" youth will now have a new "joie de vivre" and a reason to live, their angst fuelling attacks on other Europeans. Oh zee Fwench. C'est la guerre!

Posted by: Stan the Infidel in Indonesia at October 23, 2006 11:37 AM (ZbwqE)

7 Obsessing about terrorism is starting to effect your reason - now you see terrorism in the eye of every child, on the lips of every lover - what, we never had a riot here? HA. Terrorists, get real.

Posted by: tbone at October 23, 2006 12:20 PM (HGqHt)

8 Define terrorism Tbone. Stan the Infidel is from Indonesia. One of his close friends was shot down last week by a misunderstanderer of the ROPMA. You mock him yet you have never walked in his shoes I will bet. Most of western society can only guess what it is like to live under this cloud of fear.

Posted by: SeeMonk at October 23, 2006 01:12 PM (7teJ9)

9 Damn French racists. Nothing but a bunch racists, bigots, KKK'rs, Nazis. See what they get for being a bunch hateful racists. Serves them right. How dare they bring the people from North Africa and not change French customs and religion to suit the immigrants.  If God didn't want them to burn the buses he would have prevented it. Damn ignorant racists.

Posted by: Greyrooster at October 23, 2006 01:21 PM (6c/Sq)

10 Anyone know what happened to Hondo? Was he banned?

Posted by: SeeMonk at October 23, 2006 01:26 PM (7teJ9)

11 Seemonk.
I don't think he was banned. If he was I would appreciate someone being honest enough to tell us. I tried to E-mail him using what I could get from past Jawa Reports. Didn't work.
I fear for him. The last comment he had was that he was going to a medical center for a group of tests dealing with a disability. I sincerely hope they didn't keep him.

Posted by: Greyrooster at October 23, 2006 01:43 PM (6c/Sq)

12 Hey! Google links to you guys. I thought they didn't acknowledge the "great unwashed" in their universe. Anyway, fuque the french, they went into this thing with their eyes wide open when they assaulted the "yoots" with their overwhelming appeasement forces last year! Good luck with that!

Posted by: Dadzilla at October 23, 2006 03:03 PM (QEBxj)

13 A word to the wise. My close friend was taken under by the VA hospital. He had fallen and was just banged up a bit, but within days they had thinned his blood and he succumbed after a few days. They are always thinking of new and creative ways to cut costs. He left behind a wife, children and grandchildren. As for Hondo, I heard mention he was actually Steve Irwin. Maybe someone on this blog was joking?

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at October 23, 2006 04:45 PM (Dd86v)

14 The solution to this problem is simple. Enact a law which states that any citizen that is caught engaging in these acts is caught and convicted of these crimes is deported from the country with their immediate family. I guarantee after the first dozen or so criminals engaging in this activity are deported the parents of these "youth" will reign in this activity....
 
 
Paul...
 

Posted by: Paul at October 23, 2006 09:22 PM (IBGCC)

15 Liberals want us to be like Europe. LOL.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at October 23, 2006 09:55 PM (8e/V4)

16 Obsessing about terrorism? I was just making a joke but semi-serious at the same time. Those youth don't want to be part of French society. They are Muslims. They were born in France and feel it is their Muslim country and the temporary caretakers of "their" country are oppressing them. They don't want to be part of a society they were born into, they want to rule and destroy the society. Such is a religious ideology that incorporates triumphantism. They must Islamicize everything. Nationality and ethnicity means nothing to them. The infidel authority must be destroyed and replaced. Either we conform to their way or we are eliminated. It has always been this way. We are just noticing it more now because of migration of Muslims to non-Muslim countries. Their populations increase enough in their new countries that they begin speaking out against everything and trying to change everything to suit them. And they will try and change you too.
 
 
SeeMonk made a great point. Have you ever been persecuted by Muslims? Have you had a gun pointed at you by a militant and told that you're an infidel and will be killed ? I have. During a simple walk from the school I was teaching at to a shopping mall a few blocks away, demonstrating members of the Islamic Defenders Front at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Jakarta confronted me as I tried to enter Plaza Indonesia shopping mall during Ramadan in 2002. One of the militants (sorry.... I should say terrorists) pointed an AR-15 at my head from about a metre away and said "Hey bule, lu tidak percaya ya!" ( Hey white foreigner, you ( lu is Jakarta slang for 'you') don't believe, right?  What he was referring to is that I didn't believe in Allah. Then he said in English, "I will kill you" and laughed. The police standing by were smiling and laughing. I looked at him and said 'Boleh'. ( Boleh is used when asking or giving permission so basically I was giving him permission to kill me, kind of like saying 'Go ahead'). He looked at me strangely and turned his attention away to his friends. I continued through the crowd into the mall. Am I stupid? Yea probably. Why did I do it? He wanted to get a reaction out of me to make his friends laugh. He didn't get it. Why did I act the way I did? I don't want this to sound arrogant but I believe God has so many plans for me to do His work that He won't let me die in a situation like that. For the same reason I have gone into 'hot' areas of conflict here and in other countries. I have no fear because my faith is way bigger than my fear. I step out of my comfort zone and take that leap of faith and do what I do because I have faith that God knows what He is doing. His Son gave His life so I can have eternal life. I owe Him mine for that and I am ready to give it up anytime. And because I'm ready to die for my faith, I have no fear. No one will force convert me and I will not be a puppet for any militant. Go ahead and torture me, kill me. This body is only temporary. You know, I could easily pack it all up and get out of here. Instead of serving God as He has called me and standing up against persecution against my brothers and sisters by Muslims in a Muslim country, I could be sitting at home in some safe Western country, watching TiVO, drinking beer, eating Krispy Kreme donuts, complaining about politics and the price of gas. I made a choice to stay and make a stand here. As I said before in a previous post a few weeks ago, it's coming soon for you guys too.
 
 
When you hear a Muslim child call you an infidel, you know that hate is being instilled by the parents and it's that same hate that wants you either dead or part of their religion. Are all Muslims like this? No. But the numbers are quickly increasing and moderate Muslims will be faced with a choice, are you on the side of Muslims or infidels? For now they can remain neutral or say they believe in a liberal form of Islam. The radicals will eventually force them to make a choice and if they try to continue with their liberal views of Islam, they will be branded an apostate and killed. They cannot stop until the whole world is only full of Muslims and everyone is under Shariah, or the Qu'ran is a lie and Muhammad was wrong.

Posted by: Stan the Infidel in Indonesia at October 24, 2006 06:09 AM (3YCXM)

17 And I bet you racist bastards think it was all brown people who did this! Everyone knows it's the JOOOoooOOOOooooooozzzz!!!

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 24, 2006 06:24 AM (v3I+x)

18 Tbone you seem to miss the finer points of the liberal ideals.  See in the 60's those riots were in essence a form of terrorism. The violence delegitimized the cause for which they were acting.  Dr King saw that the violence stood on the way of advancement ot civil right  and would not result the desired result.  I kind of expected the left to defend terror since they have so many on their side.  It's not the cause that makes you a terrorist its the actions, See how this works?

Posted by: Howie at October 24, 2006 09:08 AM (D3+20)

19 whatever! A good terrorist is a dead terrorist!

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at October 24, 2006 01:48 PM (Dd86v)

20 A good terrorist is a terrorist at room temperature.

Posted by: Greyrooster at October 26, 2006 07:08 AM (zqSqi)

21 Not if room temperature is 98.6 %

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22 A good terrorist is a terrorist at room temperature with the heat off.

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23 Not if you're in the desert.

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French commandos ordered home because searching for bin Laden is just too dangerous. Ed sent the link along noting that it was the "least surprising headline ever".

I'd try to say something funny about it if I had either the time or inclination. The truth is that there is nothing funny about French cowardice when it affects our national security.

You lose 9 guys, and you pull out?

Lesson learned by terrorists: the West is weak.

Canada.com:

French special forces tracking Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan have been ordered home by President Jacques Chirac because of the "worsening security situation," Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday.

The group of 200 elite soldiers have been in the war-torn country since 2003, where they have been assisting their U.S. counterparts in hunting the al-Qaeda leader and Taliban fighters around Spin Boldak, near the south-eastern border with Pakistan, and an area around Jalalabad, in the north-east.

Mr. Chirac's decision to send them was intended to reassure the U.S. that France was still a willing ally in fighting terrorism despite its stance against the U.S.-led offensive in Iraq. But, according to unnamed military sources cited in Le Journal du Dimanche, Mr. Chirac gave the go-ahead during a defence counsel meeting to pull the men out of the country by early 2007. According to the report, the troops were badly shaken by the recent death of nine members during a mission.

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File this under "Helllloooooo? Is anybody in Europe waking up yet?"

As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year, a police union declared that its members were "in a state of civil war" with Muslims in the most depressed "banlieue" estates which are heavily populated by unemployed youths of north African origin.

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Michelle posts an email written by Robert Redeker in the wake of the publication of his article on Islam in Le Figaro:

I am now in a catastrophic personal situation. Several death threats have been sent to me, and I have been sentenced to death by organizations of the al-Qaeda movement. [...] On the websites condemning me to death there is a map showing how to get to my house to kill me, they have my photo, the places where I work, the telephone numbers, and the death fatwa. [...] There is no safe place for me, I have to beg, two evenings here, two evenings there. [...] I am under the constant protection of the police. I must cancel all scheduled conferences. And the authorities urge me to keep moving. [...] All costs are at my own expense, including those of rents a month or two ahead, the costs of moving twice, legal expenses, etc.

It's quite sad. I exercised my constitutional rights, and I am punished for it, even in the territory of the Republic. This affair is also an attack against national sovereignty – foreign rules, decided by criminally minded fanatics, punish me for having exercised a constitutional right, and I am subjected, even in France, to great injury.

If we continue down that path, the one sound we will be left with will be the muezzin calling us all to our daily prayers.

Every submission emboldens our enemies. We stop this pretty damn soon, or everything we know ends. If you don't draw the line here, where do we draw it? Okay, no more movies. Okay, no more cartoons. Okay, no more articles. This isn't some story in a book or a movie. This is real, folks.

It don't know about you, but this bull$h!+ makes me want to speak out more, while I still can. When they come get me, at least I'll die on my feet.

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Sacre bleu! From your moral superiors in Frogland -

President Jacques Chirac has broken ranks with the US and Britain by calling for the suspension of UN Security Council action against Iran during negotiations over its nuclear programme.

For shame.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot - yeeeargh, me hardies!

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...comes from MSN.com:

I feel so out of the loop. I had no idea that the United States was fighting France in the Middle East.

Anyway, here's the story:

UNITED NATIONS - The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for a halt to the fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked.

Cross-posted from The Dread Pundit Bluto

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The French have agreed to help keep the peace in Lebanon after fighting ceases.

Ynet: The French and Lebanese armies will take part in the multinational peacekeeping force expected to take position along the southern Lebanese border, it was revealed following a meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem.

Hat Tip : Red Foreman.

Update : Already? I am so psychic it scares me. more...

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1 It's a trick!
I hope Israel and U.S. don't fall for it.
This cancer of Hizbullah must be completely cauterized; otherwise it will just come back stronger.

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at August 04, 2006 10:00 AM (vixLB)

2 The French just want to try out the Lebanese beaches.

Posted by: Eman at August 04, 2006 10:16 AM (ljoDE)

3 Yes, the Lebanese beyotches are hot!  -_--__--

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at August 04, 2006 10:19 AM (gLMre)

4 Are there Nazi's in power in Germany? Obviously Germany and Israel have matured and moved beyond that. There is a lesson in this for those demanding reparations from the US because of slavery.

Posted by: Cmunk at August 04, 2006 10:42 AM (7teJ9)

5 I know, where did that come from. A better analogy would have been to point this forgiveness out to the Jew haters. But let's face it. They will hate Jews as long as their race still occupies space and has weight.

It is sad when you think about it.

On another note, how long will it take al-Sadr and his militia to overthrow the gov in Baghdad and link up with Iran, after the US leaves Iraq. The seeds are there and everything is in place. The Mahdi are no different than Hezbollah in the way they permiate all levels of the Shiite society in Iraq. What is interesting is how they will interact with the Baathists and Sunni Syrians.

Posted by: Cmunk at August 04, 2006 11:03 AM (7teJ9)

6 The French have pre-ordered specialized equipment to prepare for their military engagement, 1000 batons with attachable white flags.

Posted by: davec at August 04, 2006 11:27 AM (voZp6)

7 I am getting tired of this. It won’t do any good to place a new UN peacekeeping force, just old wine in new bags. Israel bombing Beirut while they don’t have any plans to send ground troops that far. Baghdad is exploding, thousands on the street against the US. Blare doesn’t have any answers, the only thing he can come up with is: “They want to destroy Israel” Democracy in Iraq is wishful thinking. Now they want to improve live in Cuba after Fidel is gone, with a, you’ll guessed it “a democracy”! After year of boycotting! Oh my God! What a mess!

Posted by: Dan at August 04, 2006 01:04 PM (Z2OsI)

8 What did you expect, the Spanish inquisition?

Posted by: Cmunk at August 04, 2006 01:34 PM (7teJ9)

9 NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
 
Okay, who didn't see that one coming?
 
Anyway, huzzah for surrendering to the enemy. I guess jews will have to find another country in a few years; those that didn't die, at least.

Posted by: MiB at August 04, 2006 02:37 PM (6jwxg)

10 The French are highly capable now. They are very well trained and have some of the newest technology in their arsenal. Trust me, YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THE FRENCH!

Posted by: Some Dude at August 04, 2006 03:09 PM (WW510)

11 A French officer and a British officer are having a conversation sometime in the late 1700's:

French officer: Dites moi, monsieur, why is it the British wear red coats? It seems it would make one more of a target on the battlefield, no?

British officer: Well, you see old chap, it's to dishearten the enemy; even if we are shot, and soaked in blood, the enemy has no way of knowing, and so his morale plummets.

French officer: Ahhhh, I see! Merci, monsieur!

French officer (to his orderly): Garçon! Fetch my brown pants immediately!

/rimshot

Posted by: Citizen Duck at August 04, 2006 05:29 PM (NZVA1)

12 Some dude, please don't ever say that again. I don't think my heart could take. I haven't laughed that hard in years. Whoo, boy, that was a good one! And the cow jumped over the moon, haha!

Posted by: jesusland joe at August 04, 2006 05:40 PM (rUyw4)

13 The frogs should go to the Sudan before it is to late. Oh wait, your to late!

Posted by: Leatherneck at August 04, 2006 07:45 PM (D2g/j)

14 Gee! I guess we can all finally stop worrying now! /sarcasm/+6

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at August 05, 2006 03:49 PM (gLMre)

15 I have wondered why the French Foreign Legion wore brown pants. Now I know.

Some Dude - Equipment is not important. There is an old Scotch saying "Its nay the size of the dawg in the fight
Tis the size of the fight in the dawg"

Guts or heeart are what matters.
Gutless Frenchmen with world class armor will still turn and run when facing a determined enemy.

To quote another Scotchman "Cheese eating surrender monkeys!"

Posted by: Jo MacDougal at August 05, 2006 04:06 PM (2vpLj)

16 Has any one ever heard of a place called Verdun?

Posted by: Some Dude at August 07, 2006 09:01 AM (llVQM)

17 And another thing. They lost in Vietnam. We did too. The French are tough bastards. Last time in Lebanon, didn't we run? The French stayed until they decided to leave with the rest of the world. The FFL is crazy man. I was watching this documentary about them and $hit man. It was f**king crazy! Especially in the jungles. There were like diseases that no one has ever heard of there and they had to go through survival training. And has anyone seen the new Rafale? Like shit man, when the French went against the USN in an exercise, the Rafales ripped apart the USN F-18s.

Posted by: Some Dude at August 07, 2006 09:05 AM (llVQM)

18 Some Dude: I had commented on your post but Goodie Lt got permission from his daddy Al Sharpton to delete it.

Posted by: greyrooster at August 08, 2006 04:22 PM (BQiRv)

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Preliminary tests of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis's blood indicate that he has "illegaly high levels" of testosterone.

In France, any testosterone in the bloodstream is considered abnormal.

Landis, though, denies the charges of using the steroid illegaly claiming only that he is male--and not the pansy metrosexual type in denial, either.

Lance Armstrong's excuse for not showing testosterone in the bloodstream? That whole lost nut thing.

Landis has called the accusation "fighting words." We expect the Tour de France judging committee to surrender any moment.

Developing.......CMUNK, reporting from Paris.

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AllahPundit at HotAir posts some results of a recent Pew Research Poll of Muslims and non-Muslims around the world.

Non-Muslim Opinion of Muslims

Interestingly, majorities of the public in the U.S., Germany, the UK and Russia were sympathetic to the Muslim rioters in France who lit the French suburbs on fire last Summer. Now, I'll admit it's probably a good thing I don't have a button in my house that could automatically start a fire somewhere in France, because there are probably those times I'd be tempted to use it. On the other hand, I have little sympathy for anyone who moves into another country as an invited guest and then complains about the conditions. I have zero sympathy for any immigrant who'd turn to violence.

Predictably, UK public opinion of immigrants is down from last year before the 7/7 bombings, but it is up as compared to 2002. Oddly, French public opinion is more favorable to Middle Eastern and North African immigrants now than it was a year ago, despite the recent cartoon controversy and the immigrant riots last year. Similarly, 46% of the French public was sympathetic to the rioters. Let me get this straight: someone came to your country, with your permission, and then lit the place on fire, and you're OK with this? Are the French just masochists? Do they really loathe themselves that much? Do they suffer from some bizarre nationwide form of Stockholm Syndrome? I really don't get it.

Distinct from Society vs. Adopting National Customs

52% of German Muslims opined that Muslims in their country want to "be distinct from society" as compared to 30% who believed that German Muslims want to "adopt national customs." Substantial majorities in France and Spain believed that Muslims in those countries prefer to adopt national customs.

Muslims First, Citizens Second

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of Muslims living in the UK, Spain and Germany (81%, 69% and 68%, respectively) considered themselves Muslims first and citizens second. On the other hand, 39% of Indonesian Muslims considered themselves citizens first and Muslims second, compared to 36% who had the opposite view.

Somewhat surprisingly, 48% of Christians in the U.S. considered themselves U.S. citizens first and Christians second, as compared to 42% who saw it the other way around. My guess is most of the 48% are the type who only darken the church door for weddings and funerals.

Distinct Muslim Identity

Substantial majorities of non-Muslims in the UK, Russia, Spain, Germany and even France believed that a rising Muslim identity was a bad thing. Substantial majorities of Muslims in the UK, Spain and France thought it was a good thing.

Overall, the poll sheds some light on Muslim and non-Muslim attitudes in Europe. Unfortunately, the questions asked were pretty vague. As such, it's tough to draw many hard conclusions from the results. I still can't get past the fact that almost half of the French were sympathetic to the rioters.

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From Agence France Presse:

It's a true epidemic: the red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes banners are everywhere in the United States - on house facades, front lawns, cars and clothes.

"It's a little strange, this obsession of the flag," French author Bernard-Henri Levy wrote after traveling across the country.

"Everywhere, in every form, flapping in the wind or on stickers, an epidemic of flags that has spread throughout the city," Levy wrote in "American Vertigo" of the riot of banners he saw.

The real problem is that the tri-color is most familiar to the French (those few who choose to serve it, when outlanders still can be enticed to join the Foreign Legion) as a rallypoint to mark the extent of the latest retreat. Or perhaps on letterhead detailing a special, secret business arrangement with Saddam Hussein.

It seems that the once-great French nation has never truly recovered from the shame of Vichy France and the collaboration epidemic.

Quelle dommage.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.

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1 It's easy to see why citizens of other countries would misunderstand our respect for our country's flag. I attended the Formula 1 race in Indy last weekend, and it is standard procedure to wear your country's flag as a cape to support your favorite athlete or team. Same with soccer (foot ball?). I don't have a problem with that, and don't think it automatically means that the flag wearer intends any disrespect to the flag he wears. But their flags don't stand for the same things ours does.

They are jealous. And have a bad odor. (being outdoors is of no help).

Posted by: haywood jablowmi at July 05, 2006 05:16 PM (6XKXf)

2 Frenchtards. The frogs have no heart.


Balls either.

Posted by: greyrooster at July 05, 2006 06:41 PM (NMQrK)

3 It seems that the once-great French nation has never truly recovered from the shame of Vichy France and the collaboration epidemic.

France was never a great nation, because they never advanced the cause of Liberty, human rights, or civilization. Every act the French have ever committed has been out of nothing but greedy self-interest, and they have never been an ally to any other nation for the sake of freedom. France is our oldest enemy, and contiues to be the most odious to this day.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 05, 2006 07:12 PM (v3I+x)

4 The French misunderstand the flag, but so do many Americans, who seem to be more concerned with the cloth itself than what it represents.

What good is the flag when the principles of liberty which it's supposed to represent are lost? Protect freedom first and let the flag worry about itself.

Posted by: Michael Hampton at July 05, 2006 10:37 PM (FVbj6)

5 Amen to that!

We could change our flag (and actually have before) and still be essentially the same nation we are today.

If we ever change our IDEALS, however, we will NOT be the same nation we are today. We may be the same people, on the same piece of land, and maybe even flying the same flag--but we wouldn't be the same nation.

Posted by: The All-Seeing Eye at July 06, 2006 12:05 AM (fZeeX)

6 I understand why the Fwench are uninterested in flying their flag, the white flag is so boring, so lacking in depth, so bland..

Should spur some emotion once they add the crescent to it though.

Perhaps a variation of this.

Posted by: Mathewk at July 06, 2006 02:12 AM (pVHqF)

7 You sorry bunch of smug, inbred, redneck cunts.

None of you have the education to have the first fucking idea what your talking about. Might I suggest your 'great nation' starts teaching some history? Within five minutes of starting to actually *think*, you'll realise quite how retarded this thread it.

Go fuck yourself up the wrong 'un, you ignorant little turds. And clean up the resultant spattering of shit and love-juices with your fucking flag - that's about all it's good for.

Twats.

Posted by: My Argreeable at July 06, 2006 03:47 AM (csS7P)

8 My Argreeable,
Man, where's the love?...

None of you have the education to have the first fucking idea what your talking about.

Perhaps not. I do however have the education to have the first fucking idea that your sentence structure is attrocious, and that you meant "you're" and not "your".

Pwned, Froggy!

Posted by: Son Of The Godfather at July 06, 2006 04:18 AM (maXzk)

9 If I recall correctly the US was a huge suplier to Saddam Hussein during the Iran - Iraq war. Not only France have sold weapons to people that aren't very nice.

But I'll give it to you Americans. You really have pride in your own country. I just hope you also see that it has flaws, and you probably have. It's just that much of that does not show through on european television. Here we see just the two opposite poles: At one side we see a bunch of people screaming USA, USA at sports events and on the other side we see Michael Moore.

Posted by: Frankster at July 06, 2006 05:02 AM (KeSyl)

10 Bernard Henri Levy isn't your typical frenchman, and it's very likely that his essay was actualaly a tongue-in-cheek satire on the appeasement mindset of his fellow Frenchmen. He's a rather outspoken exception to the French opposition to America and Israel.

BTW, I think that if there's such a thing as crossing the line My Agreeable, has crossed it. Someone ought to delete his post, etc.

Posted by: Demosophist at July 06, 2006 08:32 AM (Zcruy)

11 I'm in IM's court. The Frogs only helped this country's indepenance (1) to hurt the Brits (2) after the war was won. A few years later we had to war on their shipping in the Med. Sinking 95 of there ships before teaching them not to mess with us.

Posted by: greyrooster at July 06, 2006 09:44 AM (NMQrK)

12 "Every act the French have ever committed has been out of nothing but greedy self-interest... France is our oldest enemy, and contiues to be the most odious to this day."

Hey, they gave you that bad-ass statue...

And cheese. They've given the world some wonderful cheese.

Posted by: Bob Holness at July 06, 2006 03:51 PM (+42OI)

13 Two fine points Bob, but sculpture and cuisine don't make up for two centuries of enmity and backstabbing, especially after we saved their butts twice.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 06, 2006 03:55 PM (v3I+x)

14 **please ignore the following post if you were fortunate enough not to read my previous one**

Well, this is awkward.

I don't like to apologise, generally, but I was badly out of order.

I don't dislike America. I formally rescind my suggestion that people use the flag for, er, cleaning duties.

The ill-advised tirade above was a product of too little sleep, too much booze, and generic irritation. I was being, not to put too fine a point on it, a cunt.

Not that I agree with this round of Frog-bashing, either. It's getting too easy to paint entire countries with one broad brush-stroke. The French (joe public, not the government) are not bad, horrible, or worthless - if you actually go there, and talk to them, you will find them to be warm, friendly, wonderful people. It annoyed me to see them denigrated in such a shabby manner, and I responded appaulingly.

...and in doing so, I did the same damn thing. I railed at a whole country on the basis of one or two comments.

I am repentent. I don't hate America. All the Americans I've met have showed such generosity of spirit that I'm embarrassed to think that they might ever see what I wrote earlier.

Sorry, people. I was wrong.

Posted by: My Argreeable at July 06, 2006 06:51 PM (+42OI)

15 (oh, and my inner-pedant demands that I point out to 'son of the godfather' that, although you were quite right to label my drunken mangling of the language 'attrocious', you'd have been better-off spelling it 'atrocious'.)

Posted by: My Argreeable at July 06, 2006 07:12 PM (+42OI)

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Did I say Unitarians? I meant Buddhists. Remember, all religions produce an equal proportion of murderous nuts and thugs. Repeat that mantra 20 times while genuflecting in the UN's general direction.

Times:

A PARIS court sentenced 25 Muslim militants yesterday for planning attacks against the Eiffel Tower and other targets with explosives in support of rebels fighting Russian forces in Chechnya.

Yes, I'm that bored in Ft. Collins that I've resorted to blogging.

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