@fken:
they think their life dont cost as much as their freedom...
That might be the case but there\'s also a lot of indoctrination too, very reminiscent of the
Hashshashin (have a look, it\'s a very interesting read). It\'s especially difficult not to draw the parallel when some of them wear three pairs of underwear when they blown themselves up, ready for paradise where virgin maidens await to cater to their will.
Everybody show me Bin Laden as a muslim who wants to kill non belivers...
Well that\'s what he says he is and wants to do...
Some islands are disappearing of the world map Nada... the desert is always bigger and the Clima seems to evolute quickly.
You don\'t need to take the following question seriously but I\'d wish to know nonetheless. Which islands?
Desertification, especially if you\'re referring to the Sahara, has been an on-going natural process for quite some time and has been taking place as far as memory of men can remember. Desertification can often be traced to poor farming practices and over-grazing, in the US for instance.
The date of december 26th is in French memory.
To those of you reading this who were not in France at the time
: that was the day the \"storm of the century\" swept across France and caused severe disruptions, more notably widespread power cuts and thousands of fallen trees. [edit]happened in 1999[/edit]
nuclear powerplants are dangerous and now we know that!
Indeed, fissile nuclear plants are dangerous. This is why the European Union and other countries wish to investigate the
feasibility of using nuclear fusion to produce energy.
@Foresteer:
Want France to have a greater say, eh?
For my part I find that France cannot do it on its own, the only way is a stronger European Union.
I don\'t know any French-idea-of-what-the-world-shoud-be lobby groups. There\'s always the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs but I don\'t think that\'s what you\'re looking for.
Also if its not to much whats the ivory coast thing about? link/explanation please?
From what I understand, fken finds that France is going down the drain, i.e becoming like the US, and I assume he mentionned Ivory Coast to draw a parallel with America\'s interventionist policies in Iraq: the ulterior motive being making money over the local people\'s back by signing contracts to rebuild after the armed-conflicts have ended.
What France\'s behaviour towards its former colonies should be has been a very touchy topic especially last year (these past few months it\'s more about the European Constitution referendum). France has generally maintained strong and friendly diplomatic ties with these countries (although some have undemocratically-elected leaders) and has a few military bases here and there. Tensions, which had been brewing for quite some time, between the Ivory Coast government and rebels (often unpaid soldiers) escalated and France moved in (do note that ~20000 French nationals lived in Ivory Coast). French troops apparently shot at the crowd at a given time and killed some of them.
This Google link ought to give you the picture, I find the first page of search results to give an account of things from various points of view.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=france+ivory+coastWith all this talk about France we\'re getting a wee bit out of topic, no? Must be my fault, though.
know what im saying
That\'s the spirit! Keep it up!
