Lessons that Hollande Failed to Learn from W. Bush’s Plunders | Ramzy Baroud

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Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Jan. 21, 2015

Francois Hollande is not a popular president. No matter how hard the "socialist" leader tries to impress, there never seems to be a solid constituency that backs him.

Hollande attempted to mask his initial lack of experience in foreign affairs with a war in Mali, after his country enthusiastically took on Libya. While he succeeded at launching wars, he failed at managing their consequences as the latest attacks in Paris have demonstrated.

Following the attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, he is now attempting to ride a wave of popularity among his countrymen. On Jan. 11, an estimated 3.5 million people took to the streets of France in support of free speech -- as if that were truly the crux of the problem. Nearly 40 world leaders and top officials, many of whom are themselves unrelenting violators of human rights and free speech, walked arm in arm throughout the streets of Paris. It was a photo-op to show that the world was "united against terrorism."

In the midst of it all, the embattled Hollande was at center stage, ready to act as a statesman, decisive leader, and father of a nation. And as his nation tried to come to terms with the tragedy, Hollande made his annual New Year’s address, promising to escalate the exact same policies that engendered violence and what many western pundits readily refer to as "Islamic terrorism."

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France - and frenchmenn is NOT americans and NOT the US.... The genes in frenchmen is far more suble than the american one - and they know hos politicans can play them for fools most of the time - sometimes they fool themself - but for the most part they do know....

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