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France Is Not a Western Country Anymore
Front Page Magazine ^ | 31 March 2003 | Guy Milliere

Posted on 03/31/2003 11:48:13 AM PST by mondonico

By Guy Milliere FrontPageMagazine.com | March 31, 2003

French-bashing is everywhere in the American media. I am French, and I must say if Americans knew completely what's happening in France, the French-bashing would be far harsher.

Jacques Chirac has been a friend of Saddam Hussein for more than thirty years. He allowed the sale of nuclear facilities to Iraq that were destroyed just in time by Israël. He sold Iraq the planes that were been used to gas thousands of Kurds. And Saddam is not the only friend Chirac has. Chirac has never met a ruthless dictator he did not like. Worse, Chirac is unprincipled and greedy. It is common knowledge in France that he stole a lot of money when he was the mayor of Paris, and everyone knows that if he had not been re-elected in May 2002, he would be in jail now. To hear him speaking about morality or international law nauseates every decent Frenchman.

And Chirac is not the only politician of this stripe in France. These days, it is becoming hard to find a French politician ready to speak about human rights, freedom or democracy. All of them seem to have the same speechwriter or to belong to the same totalitarian political party; all of them are anti-American, anti-Israeli and "pacifists." They regard Western civilization as something filthy and abhorrent.

If you read the newspapers, it's the same. At times it seems the only difference between the Soviet Union twenty years ago and France today is that in Soviet Union you had only one Pravda, and in France you now have at least ten such propaganda outlets: Different titles, same content. Their party line is clear in reporting on the personalities found in the present Middle Eastern crisis. Saddam Hussein, the "President of Iraq"? Well, maybe he has been brutal, but you know, in "those" countries... George W. Bush? He’s a "moron" - a former alcoholic, who has become a crazy fanatic, in fact the most dangerous man on the face of earth. Ariel Sharon? A fascist who loves to kill Arabs. Arafat? A great freedom fighter. When an American general speaks, it is merely propaganda, but when Tariq Aziz pontificates, it is pure truth. Almost everyday you hear anti-Semitic remarks, to boot.

The anti-Semitism has created a threat to the physical safety for French Jews. Almost every week, some Jews get mugged, simply for being Jews. Almost nobody pays attention to it. When an anti-Semitic act is so disgusting it is impossible to hide it, journalists will speak of "confrontation between communities." When confronted with the reality that these "confrontations" are always Muslims attacking Jews, the editorial response: "Just because there has yet to be a single documented case of a Jew attacking a Muslim yet doesn't mean it will never happen. . . ."

And Jews are not the only victims of France's new identification with radical Islam. In many French cities with a growing radical Islamist population, no teenage girl can go out in the evening, at least not without a full burqa. If she does, it will mean that "she is for everybody": in short, a whore. In the same cities, every teenage girl - regardless of religion - has to wear the Muslim veil if she does not want to be harassed or killed. Almost every month, a young woman is mugged and raped in a suburb of a big city. Gang rape has become so frequent that a new word, used by the rapists themselves to define their hideous actions, is used by everybody: tournantes (revolving). To the rapists, the woman is nothing, a mere object to be thrown away after use. The people who speak about "revolving" seem to forget a human being is involved as the victim. Policemen do nothing. Every decent person knows the problem is Islam, but no one dares to say it. It could be dangerous. The streets are not safe.

One year ago, a French Muslim decided to create a new business: he was tired of seeing people drinking Coca-Cola - all this money going to Americans! He found a factory and started to produce Mecca Cola. On the label, he put a picture of the Al Aqsa mosque, with a large part of his profits would help to support the Palestinian cause. In some suburbs of Paris, Coca-Cola has disappeared; Mecca Cola has replaced it. A few days ago, another Muslim businessman announced he will start to sell Muslim-Up. It will have the taste of Sprite or Seven-Up, but it will be a Muslim drink - and naturally the profits will go to the Palestinian jihad, as well.

Three radio stations in France are Muslim radio stations, and if you listen to them, dedicated to broadcasting the voice of hate and racism all day long. One radio station belongs to a friend of the rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen, and curiously, if you listen to it, you will hear the same voice of hate and racism. Rightists and radical Muslims have discovered they have many things in common.

If you want to understand why all this is happening, you have to understand one thing: thirty years ago, French governments started to have a new foreign policy. They called this new policy, "Arabian Policy." France became closer to Arab countries - all of them disgusting dictatorships. France "benefited" by doing business easily in these countries. In exchange, France had to push Europe to unknot its ties with Israël and the United States. In exchange too, "professors" came from the Arabian dictatorships to teach the Arabic language to the young Arabs living in France. The only book they used to teach the Arabic language was THE book, Al Kuran.

Now comes the time to pay the check: six million Muslims live in France, at least ten per cent of them are radical Islamists poised on the edge of violence. And these radical Muslims have allies on both the extreme Left and the extreme Right. France is not a Western country anymore, it is now the leader of the Arab/Muslim world. Israel has to know France is its main enemy. The United States has to understand they have nothing to expect from today's France except nastiness, treason, and cheating.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; arab; chirac; europe; france; islam; jacqueschirac; thewest
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To: mondonico
And Chirac is not the only politician of this stripe in France. These days, it is becoming hard to find a French politician ready to speak about human rights, freedom or democracy. All of them seem to have the same speechwriter or to belong to the same totalitarian political party; all of them are anti-American, anti-Israeli and "pacifists." They regard Western civilization as something filthy and abhorrent.

Did all these franco-pols attend our public schools and go to our state run highe education system? If so, I can understand their actions.

21 posted on 03/31/2003 12:44:56 PM PST by fella
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
And that was twenty-five years ago! Imagine how the Muslim population has burgeoned since then!

This is not B.S. I have a friend, beautiful young French girl (can't hold it against the ladies now, can you) she is from Marseille, France. Her entire family has left their homeland for here (Canada) because they were being heavily persecuted by Muslims - in her own home town at that! It was so bad, that they were driven out! Believe it, France is doomed. England is starting to have similar problems, but the Brits won't put up with it, they didn't defend their island only to lose it to Muslims. England will have a race war.

22 posted on 03/31/2003 12:44:57 PM PST by IvanT
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
It would appear that there is a lesson in there somewhere. It's a shame that we haven't learned in time either.
23 posted on 03/31/2003 12:45:33 PM PST by gorush
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To: mondonico
Disgusting and scary. Should be bumped and e-mailed to all. BTTT
24 posted on 03/31/2003 12:46:06 PM PST by truthkeeper
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To: gorush
es verdad
25 posted on 03/31/2003 12:50:16 PM PST by Semaphore Heathcliffe
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To: JoeSchem
past tense noted with agreement. i reread it last summer, it's no longer so outrageous.
26 posted on 03/31/2003 12:53:08 PM PST by kallisti
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To: Semaphore Heathcliffe
c'set la guerre
27 posted on 03/31/2003 12:56:25 PM PST by gorush
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To: gorush
AS I was reading the article, I did see a parallel between what went on in France and what is going on in this country.

We have Muslims who are evidently very influential - they have quite a lot of access to the White House and to Congress. The have their own schools and publishing houses. They established mosques and charities to send money to terrorists.
In a very few years, we have come from arresting Christian children praying around a flagpole before the start of school to special rooms in school for the Muslim children to pray during the day.
Don't forget that Saddam probably could not have gotten the power he did without our aid. Didn't we continue to buy oil from him?

Aren't we bending over backwards so we don't insult the Saudis?
Rather than the fun, but total uselessness, of bashing France, we should be asking some very hard questions of our politicians, at all levels. I am not sure most people have the courage to do that. IT would be admitting perhaps politicians,e ven the ones we like, are not acting in the best interest of the US.
28 posted on 03/31/2003 12:58:29 PM PST by nanny
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To: EaglesUpForever
The anti-Semitism has created a threat to the physical safety for French Jews. Almost every week, some Jews get mugged, simply for being Jews. Almost nobody pays attention to it. When an anti-Semitic act is so disgusting it is impossible to hide it, journalists will speak of "confrontation between communities." When confronted with the reality that these "confrontations" are always Muslims attacking Jews, the editorial response: "Just because there has yet to be a single documented case of a Jew attacking a Muslim yet doesn't mean it will never happen. . . ."

None of this would happen if France would pass National Hate-Crimes laws...

29 posted on 03/31/2003 1:03:52 PM PST by WaveThatFlag
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To: WaveThatFlag
Yes, and gun control, and knife registration...
30 posted on 03/31/2003 1:05:23 PM PST by EaglesUpForever (Ne messez pas avec le US)
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To: nanny; TLBSHOW
Bump.
31 posted on 03/31/2003 1:05:34 PM PST by aristeides
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To: EaglesUpForever
Don't forget the ban on cigarettes.
32 posted on 03/31/2003 1:14:19 PM PST by CaptainK
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To: gorush
I heard the same from Germany in '91.
33 posted on 03/31/2003 1:18:24 PM PST by mtbopfuyn
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To: mondonico
The owner/chef at a couple of the finest restaurants in Philadelphia, Mr. George Perrier, is a Frenchman who came to America as a young man and became a US Citizen. He was being interviewed on a local radio show about a month ago to provide some French perspective on the schism between the two nations. I guess they expected him to be sympathetic to the French side but he was adamently pro-USA and said that the French government has become the lapdog of the muslims. He said they are terrified of them. It sure is now looking like France was conquered a startling three times in the 20th century.
34 posted on 03/31/2003 1:23:50 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: mondonico

Pacifists, Diplomacy and War

35 posted on 03/31/2003 1:33:10 PM PST by Daryl L.Hunter
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To: mondonico
Barbarians at the Gate by Dalrymple...worth reading again
36 posted on 03/31/2003 1:40:07 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: mondonico
BUMP
37 posted on 03/31/2003 1:43:18 PM PST by ILBBACH (Semper Fi)
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To: gaijin
"A great article, but I find it *EXTREMELY* difficult to believe that French right-wingers are happy about Muslims flooding into their country."

What is deemed 'right' in europe, is what we commonly refer to as the 'left' here.

38 posted on 03/31/2003 1:51:21 PM PST by monkeywrench
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To: mondonico
Yeah, but the French were honorless, undependable backstabbers long before they acquired their muslim population.
39 posted on 03/31/2003 2:17:02 PM PST by Stultis
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To: Beck_isright
God we should have let the Nazis keep Belgium and France and ended the war by demanding withdrawl from everywhere else.

France has gone down the pooper

Imagine when Americans would think that Nazism was a step up from the current French government.

40 posted on 03/31/2003 2:31:36 PM PST by Smedley
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