I mean, the only part where the occupation of France was worse than that of Lebanon was the extermination of the Jews, in which the Vichy authorities and French gendarmes participated. I wonder how that was spun especially on the Right. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
A must read if you can read French. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Essentially, he says the Hizbullah incident was, if not fabricated, greatly exaggerated after the fact in order to teach Royal and her people a lesson: if you think you can go around the Near East meeting people you shouldn't (however democratically elected, think Hizbullah, Hamas), you are just bound to step on an "anti-semitism" landmine. Even if you don't, there are those (the blogger suspects the Hariri-Chirac camp and also strongly alludes to Walid Jumblatt) who will make sure the mine you didn't step on blows up in your face anyway.
So, though Royal met Hizbullah, she didn't go on to meet Hamas. Mission accomplished.
