[lbo-talk] Vive La France?

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Lou:
> 
> Some reasonable questions might have been, "You believe that 
> the thing to do 
> now with respect to the illegal invasion of Iraq is to put 
> the past behind us, 
> look to future cooperation, etc.  Would it have been good to 
> apply a similar 
> policy to the German unilateralist actions in France in 1940? 
>  Or, if that is 
> ancient history, to the Iraqi unilateralist actions in Kuwait 
> in 1990?  On 
> those occasions a 'coalition of the willing' was put together 
> to oust the 
> aggressor.  Would your government be willing to join such a 
> coalition to oust 
> the aggressor today?  If not, why not?  How large and fleshy 
> a bone do you 
> think Bush will throw you?"

Perhaps in Paris ca 1958, but certainly not in Baltimore, MD ca 2003.
That would be reminiscent of a hypothetical German Leftie ca 1930
criticising the Rotschilds  for being capitalist swine.  Or, for that
matter, an Israeli Likudnik criticising Saddam Hussein for disregarding
UN resolutions.  

Autre temps, autre moeurs - as the French say.  A good antidote to Lefty
ideological rigidity and grandstanding.

Wojtek