{"id":1299,"date":"2006-09-07T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/09\/with-allies-like-these.html"},"modified":"2006-09-07T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T22:10:00","slug":"with-allies-like-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/09\/with-allies-like-these.html","title":{"rendered":"With allies like these…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if he will be so quick to claim this victory for France <\/a>when Hezbollah’s starts bombing Israel again (maybe with an Iranian nuke):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Villepin’s speech in parliament m<\/span>ade much of France’s leading role in securing a peace agreement in Lebanon<\/span> backed by the United Nations, which he said had shown the virtues of “l<\/span>istening and dialogue<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

“It is the duty of France and Europe to show that the clash of civilizations is not inevitable<\/span>,” he said. “No one retains this wisdom, inherited from our history, as we, French and Europeans, do,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bin Laden thinks it is and if he thinks that, how do you dialogue? Where’s the common ground? What do you say after, “Convert or die?” (This is going to be my new favorite phrase.)<\/p>\n

Tags: France<\/a>, war<\/a>, Bin Laden<\/a>, terror<\/a>, Islamic fascists<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wonder if he will be so quick to claim this victory for France when Hezbollah’s starts bombing Israel again (maybe with an Iranian nuke): Villepin’s speech in parliament made much of France’s leading role in securing a peace agreement in Lebanon backed by the United Nations, which he said had shown the virtues of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun"],"yoast_head":"\nWith allies like these... - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/09\/with-allies-like-these.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"With allies like these... - 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