Sarko’s choices
Given France’s behind-the-scenes role in encouraging Saddam to out-wait the demands of the U.S. and Britain, and the French efforts at the U.N. to diminish the significance of the Security Council’s resolutions, it might be argued that if this were the government in power in Paris five years ago, Iraq would not have been invaded, the U.N.’s role in the world would still be a speaking part, and the world would be richer by many thousands of lives. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDAwYTEwOTVjNGRkYzQ5ZDhmOGFjNzgxNDViNmM4MTE=
While Sarko is appointing people who get it wrong on GW, he has also appointed Bernard Kouchner as France’s foreign minister. Kouchner as many of my readers will know founded Médecins Sans Frontières which has been one of the world’s most consistently progressive (in the old sense of that term) organizations. Kouchner supported the invasion of Iraq on rather sensible humanitarian grounds and tends to look askance at “realpolitik” when actual people are dying. He should be a refreshing change at both the UN and the G8.
Written by jay on May 20th, 2007 with
no comments.
Read more articles on International.
- [+] Digg: Feature this article
- [+] Del.icio.us: Bookmark this article
- [+] Furl: Bookmark this article