Posted on 11/13/2015 7:52:05 PM PST by markomalley
French President Francois Hollande promised early Saturday morning that France would respond to terrorist attacks that killed more than 120 people with a "pitiless" war against the group responsible.
"We are going to lead a war which will be pitiless," he said at the Bataclan, the site of one of the attacks, according to the Guardian.
"Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities, they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow," Hollande added.
Hollande's remarks came after what appears to be the biggest terrorist attack ever on French soil, and some emerging signs that the Islamic State is responsible.
They also may pose a challenge to the Obama administration, which has faced increasing criticism about whether its plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS is working fast enough. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Vienna Friday for more talks about how to handle the Syrian civil war, which has been credited with creating the conditions for the Islamic State to thrive there.
"These are heinous, evil, vile acts," Kerry said in response to the attacks. "Those of us who can must do everything in our power to fight back against what can only be considered an assault on our common humanity."
He’s afraid of the elections next month for local government with the National Front breathing down his neck.
Can you say Presidente LePen? I knew that you could .
The French better wake the F up.....oh wait, Americans better wake the F up.
And just last week this repulsive over-inflated communist mime was threatening to jail Marine LePen for pointing out the insanity of having open borders with Islam.
Francis has to say this now to save his precious career, but will the French people fall for it?
Let me know how many of their 6 MILLION new arrivals they send home. Maybe 14, if they really push things.
We have to amend the 1st to exclude islam.
Great idea. So many nukes just collecting dust.
That will never happen.
We'll have to find another way. Probably, it will center on "sharia law" -- considering it a form of governance (as opposed to an aspect o religion) that is innately contrary to "constitutional law".
“war against the group responsible...” France is going to war against the people that voted for obozo and the media? wow.
“If someone who appears to be muslim can prove they are not muslim we can make exceptions”
How do you suggest we do this? How does one prove they are not Muslim?
I hope so. But I’ll wait to see some action.
You better start first inside your borders Mr. President.
You must purge France of all of the Islamic bastards before you can feel safe on your homeland.
Then take it to them. Bomb all of the bastards that walk on this Earth.
But do not accept any help from the US because you would have an enemy inside the gate until we can rid ourselves of Obama, the Islamic leader.
I think your 99% is way too optimistic. All are at least passively jihadist. Mao talked about the people being the sea in which the fish i.e. the revolutionaries hide because the people support the Revolution. It was not quite true. The Comunists had to terrorize the people into not giving them up. The Moslems don’t have to terrorize the Moslem population, and most if not all will respond when the imam makes a specific call. Read the accounts of survivors and participants in the Armenian genocide of a century ago.
a bucket load of hooey
Not likely but sometimes a “wake-up event” occurs even among the Lefties...
There should be no distinction between Muslims. All must be contained.
None hut them know the radicals, so let them root them out. Otherwise, all die.
This is to preserve humanity. Brutal? Yes, but we are left with no choice.
Obama is exceptionally decisive in selecting golf courses to play.
I’m giving the French the benefit of the doubt here too.
We give them a hard time, but they have a long and proud military tradition. I don’t see them truckling like the Spanish to the savages.
Besides helping to save our bacon at our beginning, the vocabulary of warfare and the military include many words of French origin (battalion, dragoon, soldier, marine, grenadier, guard, officer, infantry, cavalry, army, artillery, corvette, musketeer, carabineer, pistol, fusilier, squad, squadron, platoon, brigade, corps, sortie, reconnaissance/reconnoitre, surveillance, rendezvous, espionage, volley, siege, terrain, troop, camouflage, logistics, accoutrements, bivouac, aide-de-camp, legionnaire, morale, esprit de corps. See also military ranks: sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, general, admiral.
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Add to your list BAYONET, MATERIEL, CONVOY, and several others.
The liberal who has been mugged? It happens but I would say it’s not a guaranteed reverse course. Some just double down.
France seems to catch all the criticism, but where are the condemnations of GERMANY who has recently allowed with open arms the invasion of hoards of Muslims into Europe, as well as of England which “isn’t English any more.” ???????
This summer, due to the invasion through Italy, France closed its borders with Italy and you couldn’t buy a train ticket online between the two countries.
Sarkozy took several steps against Muslim demands during his presidency.
France recently passed a law that any French citizen who leaves France to fight for ISIS loses his citizenship.
When I was in France in 1986, France was under siege with bombings, two of which I narrowly escaped. I have no worries that the French will not respond to this latest threat to their sovereignty. I DO worry that the U.S. will CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE THREAT until Once more, it will be too late. Obama and Hillery are to blame, but idiots still flock to their defense.
They will wage a slap-fight of biblical proportions.
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