Not that it will come as a surprise to anyone who's been following the Muhammad al-Durah story, but it's just been determined that France TV 2 was full of shit:

In 2000 the Palestinians began what they called the second intifada against Israel, a kick in the teeth to the Israelis seeking only peace. During the early stages of this attack France 2 ( Read more... )

Canada continues its bizarre fascination with all things French.

Read this.

Then read this.

Now.

Poland: "We have to grit our teeth and be consistent. Poland, which in the past has so often been betrayed by its allies, would not like to betray for the first time its ally."

France: "The Iraqi insurgents are our best allies."

This is quite simply disgusting. To sum up ( Read more... )

It is indeed "simplisme" to pick fights with evil regimes just because those regimes want to kill you or enslave you or at least force you to knuckle under and collaborate in their evil, when one might choose the far safer and far more profitable path of shrugging one's shoulders in a fetchingly Gallic fashion and sending one's Jews off to the ( Read more... )