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Can somebody please stop this guy? At least to give me some time to read?The voluble Diffident Spectator had a busy end of week which outcome I strongly suggest you read.
I love that bit from Pavel Felgenhauer's article "Most Righteous War of All" in the Moscow Times.
Particularly when it goes:
In April 1975, Hussein visited Moscow to ask for Soviet help to build a full reactor to make nuclear weapons. Although Russia agreed to supply Iraq with staggering amounts of conventional weapons, it balked at helping Baghdad go nuclear.Chirac worse than the Soviets? How come I'm not that surprised?
In September 1975, Hussein went to Paris to meet politicians with far fewer scruples than Soviet Communists. The French prime minister at the time, Jacques Chirac, signed an agreement to sell Hussein a reactor and arms-grade uranium.
Please go to the Diffident Spectator. He's linking to the full article. You should definitely read it.
At least if you want to know why, despite France's help, Saddam failed to produce nuclear weapons.
And please read the Diffident Spectator's view on the 'peace' protests coverage in the mainstream media. I think he's making a few points.
He also notices correctly that the Telegraph's translation of "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" is incorrect.
His translation ("les primates capitulards qui mangent du fromage.") is the right one. Trust me. I've been practicing French for decades.
Which is why the Dissident Frogman can improve the Diffident Spectator's translation with: "les singes capitulards bouffeurs de fromage." or even: "les macaques capitulards bouffeurs de fromage."
Just to make sure it's more offending to the French ear.
Additionally, I've been wondering lately if this "monkey" bit could be related to these words of Arthur Schopenhauer (quoting from memory):
If other parts of the world have monkeys; Europe has the French. It compensates.Schopenhauer inspiring the Simpsons. Eh.
Well why not?
About some kind of Ogre who loved animals so much that he'd put the humans into some kind of Zoos.
That's some tale we weren't supposed to forget. But some of us did.
He also made some pictures to illustrate his tale. Do you remember that Ogre now?
On a less dramatic tone, don't miss his cheese eating surrender monkey from the Vache qui Rit battalion.
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