'We French don't understand your way of fighting terrorism'

Telegraph ^ | 27/2/05 | Toby Harnden, Melissa Kite and Kim Wil

[onyx]

The French understand very little except retreat and surrender.

[goldstategop]

The French jailed THEIR terrorists. Odd the American Left for once, is biting its collective tongue.

(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")

[Pro-Bush]

[EagleUSA]

The Tories' biggest donor, Stuart Wheeler, the spread-betting entrepreneur, reportedly said at a private dinner last week that he "would rather have a Madrid-type incident" than support proposals for house arrest without trial.
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This guy was probably a Kerry advisor....talk about the weak, wussies of the twisted left. OK, let's just wait for the first "MADRID-TYPE INCIDENT" in London or Paris -- then let's do a reality check...

[AntiGuv]

Actually, the French are more of a bully type. They have no problem brutally smacking down the relatively insignificant (e.g., random terror group lackeys) but faced with a true danger they wilt like an aging burlesque queen..

[AntiGuv]

FWIW, the Tories are the British conservative right...

[Darkwolf377]

"introducing control orders for terror suspects, ranging from house arrest to tagging and curfews. Its most stringent measure allows terror suspects to be confined to "their premises", banned from using computers or telephones, with visitors strictly monitored by the Home Office. "

And in extreme cases they send them to bed without supper.

[MaxMax]

France's counter-terrorist service, collected Mourad Benchellali, Imad Kanouni,
Nizar Sassi and Brahim Yadel from the tarmac and led them on to a bus, which was driven
to an unknown high-security prison. Four days later, they appeared before two
investigating magistrates and were ordered to be jailed on suspicion of having
"criminal association with a terrorist enterprise".
There they have remained without charge or public protest –
and may stay so for up to four years

HAAHAhahaaaaahahahaaaa /falls over /Gasp,
There will be no outrage against this because, well, of Hate America First Syndrome

[onyx]

I'll drink to that...lol.

[LibWhacker]

'We French don't understand your way of fighting terrorism'

Can you understand we don't give a flying fig?

[Stultis]

The Tories' biggest donor, Stuart Wheeler, the spread-betting entrepreneur, reportedly said at a private dinner last week that he "would rather have a Madrid-type incident" than support proposals for house arrest without trial.

WTF is wrong with the Tories? Good God almighty, they might as well replace Howard with Ted Kennedy! They've become Chirac style "conservatives," except that they're less tough on domestic terrorism. IDS promised to support the Iraq policy, and then set about undermining it, and Howard has been worse. And now their stance on domestic anti-terrorism measures is just as bad.

[bozot]

"The French understand very little except retreat and surrender."

But it is cheaper than waging wars.

Anyway, they are running Europe, the Russians are so keen to become their friends, and China wants their weapons and slowly their money taking over from the dollar.
Not to mention they give the US a hard time to control a bunch of few thousand half starved muslim terorists with access only some stone aged weapons....

Who needs glorious victories ?

Viva la surrender !!!

[LibertarianInExile]

Problem with your headline:

'We French don't understand your way of fighting terrorism'

Much tighter, says what they mean. Stupid cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys.

[onyx]

Chirac is arrogant and rude.
I think France is treacherous.
I'll boycott France for life.

[hoosier_RW_conspirator]

"There has to be a balance between individual liberty on one hand and the efficiency of the system to protect the public on the other. In an ideal world, I would choose the first, but this is not an ideal world, and when dealing with Islamic extremists we have to be brutal sometimes."

Why, when such sentiments are expressed by the likes of John Ashcroft, is such a stink raised, but when uttered by Alain Marsaud, you can practically hear crickets chirping?

[McGavin999]

The Tories' biggest donor, Stuart Wheeler, the spread-betting entrepreneur, reportedly said at a private dinner last week that he "would rather have a Madrid-type incident" than support proposals for house arrest without trial.

Wonder if he'd be so cavalier if it was HIS family on the train in a Madrid type bombing. Or is it only the great unwashed he's to willing to sacrifice?

[infocats]

"The French understand very little except retreat and surrender."

"The French offence of "association with terrorists" – under which suspicions based on intelligence rather than hard evidence admissible in court are enough to imprison an individual – has been the centrepiece of the country's anti-terrorist strategy. "This is considered by some to be an attack on the liberty of individuals and I agree totally," Mr Marsaud said. "But it stops the bombs. There has to be a balance between individual liberty on one hand and the efficiency of the system to protect the public on the other. In an ideal world, I would choose the first, but this is not an ideal world, and when dealing with Islamic extremists we have to be brutal sometimes."

IMHO, you clearly missed the core thrust of the article

[bozot]

"I'll boycott France for life."

Of course.

What I object that portraying them idiots and weak.
That is very misleading...

One can spend long time and a lot of effort making silly jokes of France and laughing of them, but an intelligent observer can not deny that they are a force to consider.

Because that way the uncomfortable situation can arise when these surrender monkeys will have bigger influence on the world than the US with all its military and economic might.

[G.Mason]

"Why, when such sentiments are expressed by the likes of John Ashcroft, is such a stink raised, but when uttered by Alain Marsaud, you can practically hear crickets chirping?"

Why indeed, friend.

Excellent observation ... BTW.