Only the French could possibly think that the term "War on Terror" is going to hurt the feelings of the terrorists. What would he have us call it, a "Globally Frowned on Military Engagement against Generally Nice People Who Are Misunderstood Who Ocassionally Scare Other People with Guns and Explosives" or the fun acronymn GFOMEAGNPWAMWOSOPWGAE.
PARIS (AP)-[off the wire, no link]-The head of France's counterterrorism agency, in an interview published Tuesday, said that comparing the struggle against what he called terror to a war raises the risks.
"It gives terrorists added recognition and an echo," just as an overly forceful response feeds resentment toward democracies, Pierre de Bousquet told the daily Le Monde.
In this regard, the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, where hundreds of suspected Islamic radicals are held, "has without doubt been counterproductive" by rallying people to the radical cause "who identify with their Muslim brothers apparently chained and deported beyond any legal framework," de Bousquet was quoted as saying. |
Oh yeah let's not arrest terrorists anymore. In fact let's find some small island in the middle of the ocean, we'll drop them all there and send in Mark Burnett to make a new hit reality show, "Terrorist Survivor." Every few days they vote another terrorist off the island and then we send them back to their home country all expenses paid with a pat on the head and a sincere apology for wasting so much of their time. Time they could have spent blowing up innocent civilians.
THAT, Pierre you silly French nitwit, would be counterproductive
The DST chief was among those attending a conference here of police chiefs from 32 countries focusing on what they view as terrorism. He said new threats keep emerging, forcing French investigators to expand their focus. While previously they tracked Afghan, Chechen and Bosnian networks, they now must trace new threats including from Iraqi networks and the Moroccan Islamist Combatant Group, suspected in the 2003 Casablanca bombings that killed 45 people and the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191.
"In terrorism," he said, "perils don't succeed each other. They add up."
Asked for a portrait of today's French Jihadist, de Bousquet described him as "more frustrated, younger, but more radicalized and committed."
De Bousquet said five French were known to have died fighting with insurgents in Iraq, the whereabouts of some 10 others were unknown and four or five were imprisoned between Iraq and Syria. |
I like the "Portrait of a French Jihadist." It sounds like something James Joyce would write. Actually it sounds like just about any teenager worldwide; young, frustrated, radical...
Did you know 5 Frogs had died fighting insurgents in Iraq? I didn't. But I suspect it was more along the lines of 5 Frogs died while protesting the war or while running away from the people with the guns. |
