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2007-01-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 oh no. now Israel won't be protected by the phrench. wot'l we do?

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-01-12 08:18|| 2007-01-12 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Like his replacement is going to be any better

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-12 08:22|| 2007-01-12 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Like his replacement is going to be any better

I am quite sure he will be better. In the late sixties the French armed forces were strongly pro-Isreali to the point of turning a blind eye when the Israelis "kidnapped" the missile-boats at Cherbourg. But she was thoroughly purged and followed fourty years where being pro-Arab (neutral was not enough) was a requirement for becoming general or Admiral. Pellegrini is the product of this system. The Italian Army hasn't gone through the samùe pmroccess of pro-israeli purge and pro-arab promotion

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-01-12 11:45|| 2007-01-12 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Like his replacement is going to be any better

I certainly hope so. I'm not holding my breath, though.

The Italians are more fed up with islam than the french. When she was alive, many Italians supported Oriana Falacci's position. Plus, there was public support for Israel during the Hezbollah event.

So maybe....just maybe....they'll be a bit more evenhanded.

On the other hand, this IS the UN. *sigh*

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-01-12 11:54|| 2007-01-12 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 #3,#4 Europe is Europe. The habits of 2000 years are pretty deep.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-12 13:19|| 2007-01-12 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 The fact is that it was better to be Jew in Italy or in the Italian occupation zone of France than in Vichy France. In part because Italy as an ally instead of a defeated country was in a better position to say the Nazis to get stuffed (until 1043 when thze defeats weakened italian position) but I also have the feeling that there were less antisemites than in France.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-01-12 15:33|| 2007-01-12 15:33|| Front Page Top

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