From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/9/2007 4:36 AM
Chirac on Iraq versus Chad and Chechnya Lacks Equalite and Liberte
Publication time: Today at 11:04 Djokhar time

On one hand Jacques Chirac says the following, about Iraq as reported by the BBC today.

"This adventure exacerbated the divisions between communities and shook the very integrity of Iraq. It weakened the stability of the whole region where every country is now worried about its security."

Well Ok, Mr. Chirac. Surely even Barney and Miss Beazley are disclaiming that they are principal advisors on President Bush's latest decisions on Iraq, but what about the events in the former French colony, the Republic of Chad as reported at The Agonist?

Up to 30,000 refugees fleeing conflicts in Chad and the Central African Republic have crossed into east Cameroon prompting the United Nations Refugee Agency to open an office there to help them, a UNHCR official said on Thursday.

And this too, posted at the Agonist:

In the past two weeks, with minimal publicity, Mirage F1 jets have attacked and scattered a rebellion in north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR). But reports from the ground say the operation has had a devastating impact on civilians.

A French Defence Ministry spokesman said the action - which included regular Mirage sorties in neighbouring Chad where tens of thousands of refugees from Darfur are living - was in line with international calls to stabilise the region.

And what about your message to Mr. Putin regarding Chechnya, versus your take on the U.S in Iraq? You said this according to Deutsche Welle 2-years back:

Jacques Chirac said he supported his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in seeking a political solution in Chechnya, provided that it preserves Russia's territorial integrity.

"A political solution is necessary and this is what Russia wants but a political solution has a limit," Chirac said at the press conference.

Why should the geographic difference matter? Is there proof that the pretext for invading Chechnya, bombing Grozny to the ground, and dominating a culturally and religiously distinct place and justifying it by past domination is warranted under principles of liberte and equalite?

Is banning Muslim dress in French schools the paragon of freedom and tolerance, or didn't that predate the riots in Muslim neighborhoods formed of Muslim immigrants from Muslim former-colonies of the sovereign adventures of France

I'm just curious. Can we take the rhetoric down a notch and help each other out here?

By Michael S. Woodson | bio
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/01/09/7113.shtml