Thursday, 03 August 2006
CQ: Oh, So That's Not What You Meant By 'Stabilizing'?
Contributed by Bill Faith

Sacre bleu! The French just figured out exactly what kind of stabilization Iran has in mind for the Middle East. Just days after his jaw-dropping description of the radical Iranian mullahcracy as a "stabilizing force" in the region, the French Foreign Minister had to eat his words:

Days after calling Iran a "stabilizing" force in the Middle East, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy issued a statement harshly criticizing Iran's call on Thursday to destroy Israel.

"I totally condemn these words," Douste-Blazy said on France-Inter radio, in response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement Thursday that the solution to the current Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on August 3, 2006 at 05:18 PM in Bill Faith, Iran, Islamism Delenda Est, Israel | Permalink

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