For sometime now the government in Paris has become a mouthpiece for war-mongering. On the one hand Nicholas Sarkozy says that Israel may attack Iran, and on the other Prime Minister Francois Fillon introduces his country as a leader of the new crusade against the Islamic world.
One is really at a loss to know what indeed has happened in the Elysee Palace that France, which harps about promoting democracy and freedom, is now in the business of promoting conflict with a divine religion. That too, the fastest growing religion in Europe.
When Sarkozy was elected as president, the French media billed him as the most American occupant of the Elysee. Sarkozy, who visited America soon after taking office wearing American blue jeans, said his country has no better friend than America.
Of course, at that time it was predictable what Sarkozy would do to Charles de Gaulle’s legacy of independence of Paris from the Anglo-Saxons.
It is only several months that Sarkozy made that strange comment. Now France is speedily surpassing Washington’s most trusted allies in Europe. Sarkozy first recognized the need for waging a war against Iraq, and later sent more troops to Afghanistan to get involved in a bloody conflict that in the first place had nothing to do with the French or their internal stability.
In due time France after a long lapse joined the military arm of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and officially announced that America is superior to Europe.
In the course of Iran’s sensitive nuclear negotiations, Paris jumped on the dangerous American-Israeli war wagon. Despite the outlines of the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), Paris has stubbornly overlooked Iran’s right to civilian nuclear technology. It also loves to speak about the possibility of Israeli military action against Iran.
All this is while it is expected that France, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, fulfill its duty in preventing the flames of conflict from spreading in the Middle East instead of inciting the Zionists to take on Iran.
The irresponsible crusade comment by Fillon is another indication that Sarkozy’s Paris is subscribing anew to the war of civilizations.
France should be aware that should new hostilities break out it will adversely affect that country that is now home to over six million Muslims who have suffered a lot due to poverty, discrimination and ignorance of successive ruling establishments in Paris.
And last but not the least, the leaders of that country are beating the drums of war when not very far ago they took pride in the French Revolution, putting together the human rights charter and promoting civil liberties in the Europe plagued with despotism and misrule.