[Peace-discuss] Bricmont on identity…

[Carl G. Estabrook]

‎'...There is much more concentration on the presumed “incorrect  
feelings” of the French population than on the unquestionably real  
involvement of France in Middle East wars of no interest to the  
majority of the French population. It would be more useful to examine  
the role of Middle East conflicts in creating hostilities at home than  
endlessly denouncing the French people for their incorrect thoughts.  
But France’s foreign policy – its role in starting the Libya war,  
its aggressive stance toward Syria, its total alignment with Israel  
and the United States in the Middle East – is not a major issue in  
the current presidential election, with the main Socialist candidate  
François Hollande adhering to this policy.'

[From <http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/02/the-toulouse-murders/>.

There are of course quite similar uses of 'racism' in the US. --CGE


On Apr 2, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:

> I thought that you might be interested in this article, appearing in  
> Counterpunch.
>
> In Defense of Gilad Atzmon
> By Jean Bricmont
> [...]