Controversial French Troop Increase to Afghanistan
French commentators on the Right - Yves Threard at le Figaro - and Left - Bernard Guetta for Liberation - attempt to find the foreign policy rationale for the firestorm French President Nicolas Sarkozy created when he announced that France will send a supplementary contingent of soldiers to eastern Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Le Devoir's Alec Castonguay examines the implications of Sarkozy's decision for Canada and the US. French popular opinion is overwhelmingly opposed to further involvement.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040208T.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040208T.shtml
rudkla - 3. Apr, 11:44
