How come the words “France” and “hyprocrisy” are invariably associated with one another?
Israel has decided to suspend arms sales to Ivory Coast in response to a French request, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.The request came in the wake of recent turmoil in the West African country. On Saturday Ivory Coast warplanes killed nine French peacekeepers and an American aid worker in an airstrike on the rebel-held north.France, Ivory Coast’s former colonial ruler, wiped out the nation’s air force on the tarmac in retaliation, sparking massive anti-French rampages by mobs of thousands in the fiercely nationalist south.France had already requested two months ago that both the Israeli government and private Israeli arms merchants stop exporting weapons to the Ivory Coast, since this endangered French soldiers.Over the past year, the Defense Ministry has continued to grant export permits to Israeli arms traders doing business with Ivory Coast.
Let’s get this straight. The country which has done more than most to side with Israel’s implacable foes, including doing everything in its power to save their head terrorist’s life, complying with the PA’s desire to hide the truth about his illness, and considering naming streets after him, has a problem with Israel’s involvement with one of France’s current foes.
I’ll say it once and I am sure I’ll say it again – ‘effin France.
