While campaigning for the French presidency in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy argued that he was offering the country a "rupture" with its old ways. Four years later, it's clear that he meant it -- nowhere more so than in the realm of foreign policy. Sarkozy has replaced France's traditional adherence to solemn grandeur with his own trademark hyperkinetic style of crisis management. His intention may have been to restore France to its position at the center of the international stage, but more often than not, Sarkozy has made his government and his country an object of international consternation.
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EWAZZY36
11:47 AM ET
March 23, 2011
Sarkozy looking for grandeur
Once the guy does something right, people criticize him. It was necessary to have a no fly zone in Libya and protect the rebels. NATO can't be part of it because stupid Turkey (should never have joined NATO) does not agree on this point. But Sarkozy and the UK came up with a solution. Why wait for the US, it's time for Europe to take the initiative. Hail to Sarkozy!
POORLUCATONI
6:43 PM ET
March 23, 2011
War and death are serious
War and death are serious matters. Much more important than the internal French politics. Sarkozy was kissing the tyrant's ass until a few months ago. Now he is trying to get the credit, while US and Britain are doing the most of the actual work. He is not a serious statesman.
And enough fascism and racism towards Turks. They fought side-by-side with us in Korean war, in Bosnia and now in Afghanistan. They have already deployed several warships and submarines in the Mediterranean sea to block arms cargo to Libya. They are doing their job and their criticism toward France's unilateral actions in this war is no different than criticism Germany, Britain (and some American diplomats) have made towards Sarkozy's funny behavior since the war started. They look much more serious than Sarkozy's government.
TONYUKUK
6:42 AM ET
March 24, 2011
If the point of installing a
If the point of installing a no fly zone in Libya was to protect rebels from getting bombed by Kaddafi, there would only be air-to-air aircraft flying in the zone, engaging in Libyan bomber planes, not raining bombs down onto cities. Sarkozy thought he could be the hero by attacking african countries and acting tough against middle east (or what he thinks as middle east) but he of course couldnt do that himself. None of those countries stand a chance against Libya (except for maybe USA - and they dont also stand a chance without going into a second economic crisis) so they just safely bomb from above with a coalition force wherever it looks dangerous to them. They dont make a land operation becouse they know thats not gonna work. And the reason Turkiye prevented a bigger scale of invasion, not becouse it is a part of NATO but becouse NATO knows that they cant do jack shit in a land mission without Türkiyes help. Same as Turks saved their asses in Korea, they need a country of same or bigger caliber in land-combat to truly help rebels and not wipe them out with bombs and stuff as they did in Irak.
So tell me kid of what part of pointless killing do you support? You rather have your country be free to bomb Libya and kill millions of people? Let them put food sanctions so their children starve? Pay your tax to murderers? Would you be happy if some other country did that to your country? A country you dont like? Türkiye perhaps? Whats the fucking point of bombing? If there was a case of helping the rebels they would storm in ages ago and kidnap Kaddafi. Imagine that 5 people take 20 people hostages in a store and then the police comes in and says "ok were gonna save the hostages" and fires in with rocket launcers. Would that be believable? Let me tell you whats believable. People like you WANT your presidents or whatevers to kill north afircans or middle eastern people. Thats the fucking problem.
ITONLYSTANDSTOREASON
3:17 PM ET
March 23, 2011
Look at Me!
It's a theme of Sarkozy's career.
He has brought regard for his party so low that the right-nationalist party of the Le Pens is running neck-in-neck with them in the county elections.
On the bright side, after he was forced to replace his prior foreign minister, who offered France's help to Libya's dictator, he chose an experienced and respected man.
EWAZZY36, people didn't wait until he backed the no-fly zone to begin criticizing Sarko. And Turkey was welcome in NATO for many years as an important country on the southern flank of the USSR. And I heard one report this morning that Turkey has joined the patrol off of the Libyan coast to enforce a blockade. Calling Turkey stupid, you only demean yourself.
YES WE CAN
2:45 PM ET
March 26, 2011
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TECUMSEH35
2:41 PM ET
March 28, 2011
He can have all the ambition
He can have all the ambition in the world, but it wont amount to much. France is still France. I cant think of any other country that is more lazy.