Posted by beardedlady on February 14, 2003, at 13:18:41
In reply to Re: France, Israel, etc., posted by wendy b. on February 14, 2003, at 12:20:46
> In response to a previous post, France's purported anti-semitism is a smokescreen issue. The Resistance movement in France during the war is legendary, and France had and still has a large Jewish population. There are anti-Semites in every country on earth; the French don't have a corner on the market...
It was my post you are responding to (just in case you don't remember). But that's the closest you've come to acknowledging my existence in months!
As I said, although I've heard others bandy anti-Semitism about as a reason for France's refusal to join the U.S. , I don't buy it.
I think the fact that it's a bad idea has more to do with it.
As far as Israel goes, I have heard it debated often--even on major network news. But yesterday's Diane Rehm show on NPR spent a major portion of an hour on the topic of Israel's weapons.
I guess when you're allied with a SuperDuperPower, your missiles are allowed to reach well beyond 90 miles.
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