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America Received No Such Outpouring of Sympathy, Show of Support Post 9/11
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Posted on 11/15/2015 2:47:53 PM PST by lbryce

The world consoles, commiserates with France in it's time of sorrow and tragedy, demonstrating its support, at least symbolically with Gallic-themed tokens of condolences in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

Here is just one example, one of myriad items to show the terrorists that they can kill the French but can they create such pretty commemorative items on such short notice?

I don't recall seeing a single item like this in the aftermath of 9/11.

And no, I was not a cheese-eating, smelly Froggie yesterday unlike others who seem to have been a Frenchman, even if having to hold their nose, for a day.


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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
We were watching TV when the 2 nd plane hit and we were shocked as well!

Our daughter was in London at that time and she said the Brits were very respectful.

121 posted on 11/15/2015 4:59:22 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: lbryce

Strap in goofball.

As long as this moronic thread stays bumped, you are going to get hammered.

It’s what FReepwes do.


122 posted on 11/15/2015 5:01:41 PM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: lbryce

Not true. There were demonstrations all over the world. I was very touched by the photos.


123 posted on 11/15/2015 5:02:07 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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To: lbryce
Quit whining. You're wrong.

Do you, by chance, go to Mizzou?

124 posted on 11/15/2015 5:02:08 PM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: dfwgator
Thank you for that link. I had forgotten that the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun, both morning newspapers, put out afternoon editions focused on the attacks.

Office towers housing US-based energy companies sent their people home early, the Calgary Police Service cordoned off those buildings and there was a strong police presence, including officers carrying what looked like sub-machineguns. I also recall a CF-18 flying overhead over the downtown and airport.

Being that (unfortunately) so many Saudis and other Arabs study petroleum and related engineering at the UofC and SAIT, the powers that be must have felt that Calgary, the energy capital of Canada, would be well known to many Arabs, and could be a target.

Funny, in some ways, it seems like yesterday but in other ways, it seems a lifetime ago. When I look at the kids I drive to and from school, it seems weird that those kids, being 13 years of age, have no idea of 9/11, other than old news items.

125 posted on 11/15/2015 5:10:03 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: lbryce
Your statement is not accurate at all. The world was one with the US after the attacks on 9/11.

The question is, where were you after 9/11? Playing Patrick in SpongeBob SquarePants and living under a rock?

126 posted on 11/15/2015 5:21:09 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: lbryce

All kinds of people and governments around the world lent sympathy and support to us.


127 posted on 11/15/2015 5:31:02 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: lbryce

You recall incorrectly.


128 posted on 11/15/2015 5:35:54 PM PST by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: lbryce

Six months after 9/11 we went on a long-planned trip to France.

On a dinner cruise down the Seine the band played the US National Anthem and America the Beautiful when they learned there was a group of Americans. We were moved.


129 posted on 11/15/2015 5:39:16 PM PST by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: Calpublican

I saw more American flags flying in Normandy than I see these days in the US.


130 posted on 11/15/2015 5:40:33 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Volunteer
I agree that they stood with your rebellious ancestors against HRM King George III. (I say that as one whose ancestors lost their homestead because they supported the wrong 'George' in that little 'dust up' 240-odd years ago.)

Just remember though, the French King DID NOT do it, out of some great respect for the republican ideals of your 'founders', he did it just to pizz-off the British! Other than the last 120 years or so, France and Britain have been at war for most of the last 1,000 years! In fact, they almost went to war at the end of the 19th century over Africa. Supporting the Americans in 1776 was a way to get at, and hurt the British, revenge for having lost Canada in 1763!

As an aside, here is a humorous look at British-French relations, from a 1982 episode of 'Yes, Minister'. The discussion of the relationship begins at about 11:00.

131 posted on 11/15/2015 6:12:05 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: huldah1776
I really don't understand the disdain for the French shown by many.

I couldn't agree more. Unless I'm looking at an ugly mob, I take people on a one-at-a-time basis. I've seen Freepers take heat for being French. I hope we still have them.

Last Frenchman I met (a couple from Paris) was my roomie for a hospital stay. He and his wife (who wouldn't leave his side for a minute) were terrific. I wish we'd exchanged information.

132 posted on 11/15/2015 6:22:47 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: South40
Little bit of a double standard, eh! You don't hold yourself responsible for O'Venal, yet YOU hold EVERY Frenchman responsible for moslems in their country. Hypocrite!

Check out what Marine Le Pen is saying, AND what her dad said for years! Also,check out Generation Identitaire.

133 posted on 11/15/2015 6:37:38 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: lbryce

“I was traumatized by 9/11 and just don’t recall any sort of support. “

We were all traumatized.

Good lord !

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134 posted on 11/15/2015 6:40:27 PM PST by Mears
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To: bigdaddy45

bigdaddy45, THANK YOU (!)

To lbryce, I have only one thing to say;

you are forgiven

It's ok man.

Not everybody hates the USA. (it just seems like that oftentimes, here of late)

135 posted on 11/15/2015 7:00:44 PM PST by BlueDragon
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To: bigdaddy45

I recall seeing news photos of young Iranians holding candlelight vigils in Tehran. I was completely stunned by that.


136 posted on 11/15/2015 7:13:25 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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To: bigdaddy45; lbryce
I think he means that the attacks against the French in Paris brought back bad memories of when the Islamists attacked the US on 9/11.

I know that 9/11 holds bad memories for me. I was in NJ watching when the 2nd plane struck the WTC. There was not a damn thing any of us could do.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

137 posted on 11/15/2015 7:44:49 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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>> America Received No Such Outpouring of Sympathy, Show of Support Post 9/11

Total bullshit. I was frequently on business immediately before and after 9-11, and the support from our European friends was pervasive and sincere.


138 posted on 11/15/2015 9:42:08 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: hanamizu
Armored Christian Soldiers

What is that ?

139 posted on 11/15/2015 9:56:46 PM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: lbryce

I know there was a big outpouring, but I mainly ignored it and concentrated on the fact that the terrorists had killed so many of our People in the attack - probably what happened to you too.


140 posted on 11/16/2015 2:59:31 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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