[McGavin999]

Just a stupid question here. If God wanted women's faces covered wouldn't he have made them so they grew beards?

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[Fenris6]

"Mr. Chirac projected a political trade. He would oppose the United States on Iraq, shield Saddam's regime until the last day, stand firmly by the Palestinian Authority against Israel and continue to endorse Syria's control of Lebanon. In return, he expected an "Arab understanding" of France's domestic needs regarding secularism. He failed."

Didn't they already learn this lesson at Munich?

[July 4th]

As much as we bash France around here, they're still a Western nation, and attacks on their civilians were only a matter of time. The question is at what point will France realize their ties to the US are more important than placating some Algerian imam who's pissed off about not being able to subjugate women in Paris.

[Bobby777]

Terrorism in France: Al Qaeda may have downed airliner in retaliation

I think the PC bandwagon is at play here ... the reality is probably closer to:

"Terrorism in France: Islamic Terrorism may have downed airliner in retaliation"

IOW, not every terror attack is "Al Qaeda" though I'm sure they'd (Al Q) like it to be ... the Palestinian groups, Hamas, Hizbollah, Syrian groups, Saudi groups, Islamic Jihad, PFLP, Black September (if any still exist), PLO, Abu Saayef, ad infinitum ...

it sounds like a "smaller problem" to just limit it to "Al Qaeda" every time, but it's probably not too close to reality ...

[Pan_Yans Wife]

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