[kj] OT: At least the french suck at something

[iPat]

btw
The Ghost is a new novel by Robert Harris and sounds interesting
The main character is Adam Lang, until recently a Labour Prime
Minister, a lapdog to an incompetent American president, now formally
charged with war crimes thanks to the resentful ex-colleague he fired
as Foreign Secretary.
he got the idea when he heard Bruce Clark(CND) threaten to do Blair
with War Crimes.

On 10/11/07, iPat <pmdavies at gmail.com> wrote:

> RW was a NGO vessel

> it was state sanctioned

>

> mers el kebir was to stop the French fleet being taken and used by the

> Germans in 1940. As usual the arrogance of the admirals on both sides

> led to the slaughter of many people.

>

> At least they knew of the threat

> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir). The

> people sleeping on the Rainbow Warrior didnt. That is not to say that

> the average citizen was to blame, but that the State sanctioned

> terrorist activity

>

> On 10/11/07, Christophe BARRY <christophe.barry at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> > mers el kebir

>

> > > Message du 11/10/07 15:50

> > > De : "iPat"

>

> > > Rainbow Warrior

>