Storm Track Disinformation: The Frogs Croak

Hold the phone! France rejects the ‘war on terror’.

France issued an implicit criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on terror".

"Against terrorism, what's needed is not a war. It is, as France has done for many years, a determined fight based on vigilance at all times and effective cooperation with our partners. "But we will only end this curse if we also fight against injustice, violence and these crises," he said.

In separate remarks, Chirac stressed that France was committed to maintaining a nuclear arsenal of its own.

"In an uncertain world, facing constantly evolving threats, nuclear dissuasion guarantees our vital interests," Chirac said on a visit to France's Atomic Energy Commission nuclear simulation facility at Bruyeres-le-Chatel near Paris. He stressed that France was committed to funding continuing research and development into nuclear weapons technology.

Hmmm. Since we are not at war with terrorism and those that support it, who is France afraid of that it needs nuclear weapons? Iran perhaps?

Villepin's speech in parliament made much of France's leading role in securing a peace agreement in Lebanon backed by the United Nations, which he said had shown the virtues of "listening and dialogue."

Right. And we know what will happen to that ‘peace agreement’ made through "listening and dialogue." The rearmament of Hezbollah and the continuation of the war on Israel.

"It is the duty of France and Europe to show that the clash of civilizations is not inevitable," he said. "No one retains this wisdom, inherited from our history, as we, French and Europeans, do," he said.

Ah yes, the “wisdom, inherited from our history”. Is that the history where they learned that after two World Wars and a Cold War that they can not negotiate with tyranny? Or did they miss that piece of wisdom?