DW: France tests new ballistic missile

[blackhorse]

France tests new ballistic missile

France has test-launched a new type of missile, the M51, which has a range of 6,000 kilometres. <snip>

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,2145,12215_pg_6,00.html

[Recursion]

1. Mon dieu!

Les francaises arrivent! Sauvons-nous!

[blackhorse]

2. That,

. . . or break out the Bordeaux, Camenbert, and a Baguette!

BH

[LiberalFighter]

3. Target??? ---> Prairie Chapel Hill Ranch

[David__77]

4. My instinct is to say this is good.

I want Europe to have a strong defensive power, but contained within Europe, i.e. no "peacekeeping" abroad. We need a multi-polar world and France is key within Europe.

[liberalpragmatist]

5. Why no peacekeeping? - nt

[David__77]

7. "Peacekeeping" is just a slogan to cover occupation.

How is what US troops are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan not "peacekeeping?" It's imperialism and occupation in reality. You cannot let Western countries invade and destroy and otherwise subvert the independent states of different countries and then use that "lawlessness" as a pretext for occupation. Countries must be free to determine their own social system, free from external interference.

[liberalpragmatist]

8. Well, I'm not talking about Iraq

But you wouldn't support multinational peacekeepers in, say, Darfur? You don't support a peacekeeping force in Lebanon to keep peace between the Israelis and the Lebanese? Do you think the presence of peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo has NOT helped prevent more killing?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. OK, who here instantly had a Simpsons THOH episode pop to mind? -nt

[Vidar]

9. Good. Hard to tell who Bush might attack in the next two years.

[struggle4progress]

10. But zey cood heet Washing-dun DeeZee wiss zat!