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Friday, January 27, 2006
Is This Stupid or What?
This item apparently didn't get much coverage in the U.S. or Bill O'Reilly would have really been in a conundrum. Via David Corn:
I missed this, maybe you did, too. Last week, President Jacques Chirac said that France would launch a nuclear strike against any country that sponsors a terrorist attack against French interests and that he had reconfigured his country's nuclear arsenal to make this easier to do.
Only a fool would take such an action. His statement falls into the heading of absurd and irresponsible. Why not just issue and invitation for a terrorist attack instead of being coy.

I wonder what Bill O'Reilly would say about such a statement? I suspect he might begin to smoke, overheat, and burst into flames.
Written at 9:53 AM by Greyhair.
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Blogger Bob P said...
I, too, was flabbergasted by Chirac's statements when they were first made (yes, I did notice - though you're right that these inflammatory statements flew pretty much under the radar here in the U.S.), followed by equally belligerent rhetoric from Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz a few days later ( http://www.thehueandcry.com/2006/01/playing-with-fire.html ). Interesting that these rather reckless threats weren't greeted with the same intensity of shock and outrage that was directed at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's very similar comments, despite the fact that of the three speakers, Ahmadinejad is the one who doesn't actually have the weapons to back up the bluster.

I suspect that O'Reilly would be thrilled at Chirac's veiled threat to attack Iran, instantly forgiving the French and applauding their new-found "reason and intelligence." After all, in Billy's world, the enemy of our enemy is our friend, right?
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