[antimedia] antimedia: A sea change is taking place in France....

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Posted by antimedia:
A sea change is taking place in France....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1179704718.shtml


   ....and [1]the ripples could be felt right here in America.

     Nicholas Sarkozy strikes again â and again. Yesterday Saint
     Nicholas (âitâs Christmas for libertyâ) appointed Bernard Kouchner
     as Foreign Minister. Toucheâ. Too-effin-cheâ. Magnifique. Kouchner
     supported the toppling of Saddam. Like Norm Geras and Christopher
     Hitchens, Kouchnerâs a man of the Left who actually believes in
     liberty. Grind your teeth in your own buttock, M. Chirac.
     The Times-OnLine has the background.

     President Sarkozy yesterday appointed as Foreign Minister a
     socialist rights crusader who backed the US-British invasion of
     Iraq, causing bemusement and some anger in the French political
     world.
     The appointment of Bernard Kouchner, 67, one of the most popular
     and outspoken public figures in France, was the most novel in a new
     âinclusiveâ government that mixes left-wing and centrist
     politicians with Mr Sarkozyâs Gaullist lieutenants.
     The Socialist Opposition, in whose governments Dr Kouchner had
     served as Minister for Health and Humanitarian Action, immediately
     denounced him as a traitor and expelled him from the party.

     Yup. Expelled. Cela va sans dire. Where the nutroots control, the
     purge shall follow. Thatâs because they are Stalinists at heart.

   France supporting the war in Iraq? It should be fascinating to see the
   reaction of the left and of the Democrats to this news. If France
   decides to send manpower (troops, bureaucrats, whatever) and/or
   materiel to Iraq to assist, the tremors from that earthquake could
   change the world for both Al Qaeda and the US.
   The calls of doom and gloom for Europe may have been premature. Europe
   seems to be waking from its slumber. And somewhere in North
   Baluchistan Sarkozy's appointments are not being celebrated.
   Tags: [2]France [3]democracy [4]Iraq [5]support

References

   1. http://austinbay.net/blog/?p=1799
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/France
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/democracy
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Iraq
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/support