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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 23. September | 140 comments (139 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: European Salon de News, 23 Sept (none / 0)

So, is France diving deeper into the morass? Or what will the outcome be?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 02:48:39 AM EST
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Look at Iraq (4.00 / 4)

except that the reaction at home is likely to be a lot more hostile, a lot quicker. Sarkozy thinks that the brazen "I'm not a typical politician, I tell some hard truths, and a hard truth is that we have to be close to the US and fight in Afghanistan against the Evil Islamic Menace" will work but on this I think he is mistaken.

This could get interesting.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 04:04:18 AM EST
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Re: Look at Iraq (4.00 / 2)

Except that he can now claim that he has a parliement vote for it.
Of course, had the vote been a secret ballot, it would have been strongly rejected. But whereas Sarkozy does not have a secret ballot majority at the moment (ie, too many UMP MPs would vote against him if it were quiet for a majority), it is a rare and brave UMP member who will dare to vote against the little dictator.

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 05:06:41 AM EST
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Re: Look at Iraq (none / 1)

And note that it's the first time since 1978 that the French opposition voted "no" on a war-related vote...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 05:09:43 AM EST
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Re: Look at Iraq (none / 0)

Same for Iraq: the US Congress voted for the war in 2003, including a large number of Democrats...

Fast-forward to 2006: Iraq war was used against Republicans running for re-election.

The closer we get to 2012, the more nervous UMP MPs will be...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 03:31:18 PM EST
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