Isn't that U.S. Territory?
Parachuting onto a cemetary ain't recommended...
Hmmmmm.....
The US cemetary in Normandy is quite some distance from Paris, in a area with very few North African or Muslim immigrants (they are clustered in the big cities and the south). The cemetary is US territory, but police and security responsibilities are handled by the French. They actually take the job pretty seriously too - there have been a few incidents of vandalism over the years, but in general the gravesites are held sacrosanct even by the French.
"with the exception of Inner Brittany, western Normandy ...."
It would seem that the population of Palestinians, errr French Youth, errr North Africans, ummm Muzzy Terrorists is low in the region. Hopefully the locals are sharpening their pitchforks and breaking out Grandpa's long hidden birdgun to control the ones who have invaded, ummm live there.
Dang, my term, "Ouihad", just isn't catching on.
JTA reporting Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized by rioting Muslims.
Pretty miserable, imo.
I had a friend in the military who retired and went to work for the Commission. His wife was French and he retired in France to work at one of the cemeteries.
I was thiking last night of these cemeteries and of the indigenous French people as reasons we do not want France to be destroyed by these vandals.
The government is pathetic but many of the indigenous French still love the U.S. I wonder how many of our American WWII heroes are buried in France; at least thousands.
Visited those cemeteries just this spring. Beautiful, very well kept and dignified. Appropriate for the fallen.
The Germans and French will claim this to be “mobs”, disenfranchised youth. The political left can’t accept the fact that we are in a global war against radical Islamists. It would also pressure the Germans and French to act more in this war, which they do not want to. So they feel compelled to downplay the significance and true reasons for these problems. In France as in Germany these people REFUSE to integrate. In fact, they see the French and Germans as the “infidels”, the dirty decedent perverts. The Germans “ONCE” reported on the hate preached in those Mosques in Germany. Quickly forgotten and buried in the mass trash media. Does not fit into the “all is well”, “It’s an American made up issue and really just about the oil”. Bottom line is that you actually have a point.
1. The Islamist will go after weak spots (opportunistic). Once the French crack down they will want to strike out elsewhere. Defacing US cemeteries is an easy target and a low threat.
2. It’s predominantly Christian and Jews buried there, so it’s no skin off their nose to deface them.
3. The US has become the leading nation in the fight against radical Islam, so we are target #1.
Our cemeteries could potentially be vandalized. Of course when that happens the European media will say it’s the mad Islamists who hate the hegemony USA for helping Israel or maybe because of the Iraq war. Central Continental Europe has gone “stupid”.
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In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. Troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk:
"Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!"
That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.
So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldier buried in France from World War I and World War II.
DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered.
France has always been the weakest link.
Le plus ça change, le plus la même chose...
Needs clarification...
The prime minister, Dominique de Villepin (who is a man), made clear on television that similar measures might soon be enforced on a broader scale. "Restoring public safety is our top priority," he said.
There... much better...
The American Battle Monuments Commission runs those cemeteries. A retired American Army colonel is in charge in France. There are civilian workers who watch over the sites, but after a couple graves were desecrated during the run-up to Iraq, he arranged for beefed-up security from the French police--hopefully that is still in place.