Terror in Paris shows the limits of appeasement

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NY Post:

Amir Taher

Jan. 7 2015

 

PARIS — It was shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday when a small enclave off one of Paris’ large boulevards close to the Place de la Bastilles was shaken with bursts of gunfire and cries of “Allah is the greatest” and “The Prophet is avenged.”

 

Within minutes, people who rushed to their windows and balconies to see what was going on realized that the long-threatened jihadi operation against Paris was under way.

 

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In 2013, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius distanced the French government from the weekly’s in-your-face criticism of Islamism and Islam and warned Charlie Hebdo not to push provocation too far.

 

Wednesday’s attack must have been carefully planned and based on some inside information. For it came precisely as Charlie’s weekly editorial meeting was under way with a maximum turnout of writers, cartoonists and editors.

 

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In the context of a so-called “Arab Policy,” successive administrations have also banked on the illusion that, by casting France as the sole Western friend of “the Arab and Muslim masses,” they would buy security while also benefiting from business opportunities.

 

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Wednesday’s horror is a bitter lesson on the limits of this strategy of appeasement.

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Hillary Clinton (our next President)

 

“leaving no one on the sidelines, showing respect even for one’s enemies, trying to understand and insofar as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view.”

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Hillary Clinton (our next President)

 

“leaving no one on the sidelines, showing respect even for one’s enemies, trying to understand and insofar as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view.”

 

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