I have long said take everything the Frech say with a grain of salt. During the run up to the 2003 Iraq war, the French were going on and on about human rights, illegal war, blahblahblah.
The French government care nothing for these things. The French will do what they think is in their best interest, and they do not care one bit what anyone else thinks.
I remember in the run up to Iraq, the French were insisting any war had to be approved by the Security Council. Then there was a little reported "incident" where France invaded an African country, I believe it was Ivory Coast, with no resolution, hint or anything of that nature. I had some great fun pointing out to my lefty friends the hypocracy of the French.
Here we go again. For all the talk about a US Marine shooting unarmed Iraqi insurgents/terrorists, check out these videos of French soldier shooting unarmed Ivory Coast civilians. Part 1 Part 2. Part 2 has the shooting.
Never listen to the French when they talk about human rights or the rule of law. Their only belief is in doing what is in their own best interests.
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I would argue that every country usually does what it feels is in its own best interest as opposed to what works for human rights or rule of law.
The diplomatic sound bites are meaningless to me.
but not all countries are duplicitous about that fact.
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