I'll admit something to please you : many ppl in France disagree with
the US position on Iraq, some quite violently. However, a lot of this
flaming comes from the lower, less-educated France (in my opinion). If
you study the politicians' opinions a bit closer, many disagree w/ war,
but are eager and willing to find a solution to your and our problem.
I respect the US's will to wage war, and to try to defend itself,
because I feel you do this to preserve democracy and your way of life
(not indirectly though). I'm just saying that ppl have the right to
disagree with you, and they shouldn't be badly spoken of, even though it
might not please you. The current subject being war (which kills ppl, I
allow myself to remind you), I think it's normal for governments who
disagree w/ Bush to express their opinion quite loud. War isn't a small
thing and I don't think it has ever occured to some Americans that those
wars, however justified they are, could very well not provide the right
response !
Now if you mention the 9/11 terrorist attacks, so many countries have
suffered from terrorism in the past 30 years. I recall none of the
nation-victims waged 2 wars against countries, for which proofs are
hardly existing... (perhaps the Israelis have killed a few bad guys, but
not as much as the US in those wars).
Ok, 9/11 is a revolution in terrorism, but even so. I have personnaly
been on the WTC towers in late July 2001, and I was among the many ppl
who couldn't believe what was being shown on TV. I loved NYC and so many
ppl were so nice... I don't hate Americans, far from it. I'm quite happy
when American tourist come and have a look at our capital, asking what
building is that, etc...
But I think war against Iraq wasn't all that justified.
Chad Irby wrote:
"Pierre-Henri Baras" wrote:
"Chad Irby" a écrit dans le message de news:
Do you even *read* your own papers?
Don't worry for me, I read them!
But I'm still waiting for even the slightest example of french front page
articles crying out that "America is Evil", or that "America is the ennemy",
or some other dumb thing.
Find some similar "front page" articles in the mainstream American
press, first.
Et bloody cetera. Lots of accusations, no real evidence.
--
Guy Wastiaux
aka FauCon PoiLu
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