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For two generations, the French have cloaked themselves in the memory of a resistance movement against the Nazi occupation that was neither widespread nor terribly glorious. Now, said Raffarin, it was time for the French to own up to the truth and make amends

I think that 9/11 is going to reverberate for years to come as the civilized world is forced to re-evaluate its idea of itself. Liberals, and Europeans in particular, are being forced to have to confront their own delusions of their superior take on the world. Imagine the French pretending that they have a noble history from World War II. What a laugh.

BTW What are the different roles/ responsibilities of the Prime Minister versus the President in France?

"...I think that 9/11 is going to reverberate for years to come as the civilized world is forced to re-evaluate its idea of itself....Europeans in particular, are being forced to have to confront their own delusions of their superior take on the world....

Uhmmm, did you just awaken from a 30 year coma? I think you will find that the West has been eating itself alive in a desperate effort to prove how truly horrible European civilization was/is/and ever shall be.

And the world is sooooo much better for it.