drezner.foreignpolicy.com - 1/21/2009
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God bless France. You knew, once Obama was sworn in, that Paris would welcome the new president with open arms and not get all passive-aggressive-y ike they always frequently occasionally do. What's that? There's a Reuters story about this? France will reject any immediate request by US ...
blogs.news.com.au - 1/19/2009
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blogs.news.com.au —
Via Nilk , images of yesterday’s Hamas rally
in Melbourne: The Age ‘s elevated shot doesn’t reveal...
such fascinating detail. AAP merely describes people “carrying placards calling for an end to what was described ...
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NAZIS NEEDED
ejpress.org - 1/16/2009
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ejpress.org —
by: AFP Updated: 16/Jan/2009 15:43 A policeman stands
on Friday in front of an inscription reading "sionist...
- nazi", painted overnight on a wall in Toulouse, southern France. France has been hit by around 60 anti-Semitic attacks since the start of ...
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News | France | France condemns new ...
faustasblog.com - 1/16/2009
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faustasblog.com —
Back in 2003 15,000 elderly and infirm people
died during a heat wave in France, many of...
them while waiting in hospital emergency rooms. The government-provided “free healthcare” has been, and continues to be, a disaster. Currently, 10,000 ...
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That excellent government-provided “free healthcare” in ...
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The Trouble With Afghanistan
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
By Patrick Appel
The Europeans don't want to send more troops: Less than five percent of those polled believed that European countries should send troops to Afghanistan as a gesture of solidarity with Obama.
It will be interesting to see whether Obama will be able to change those minds in the coming year. ...
DANIEL DREZNER: Have you met the French, Mr. Obama? “Less than five percent of those polled believ…
Instapundit —
... DANIEL DREZNER: Have you met the French, Mr. Obama? “Less than five percent of those polled believed that European countries should send troops to Afghanistan as a gesture of solidarity with Obama. It will be interesting to see whether Obama will be able to change those minds in the coming year.” ...
Gitmo Legal, But So What?
JustOneMinute —
... with Geneva standards. Closing Gitmo was about Hope and Change, not facts and logic. Obama's base, here and abroad, would never rest while Gitmo was open. And the NATO allies that were never ...
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