Opinion of Jacques Foccart

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Hilarious, Tragic, disgusting figure. Needs to be far more well known that he actually is.

FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Foccart
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/world/jacques-foccart-dies-at-83-secret-mastermind-in-africa.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2751/is_n49/ai_20319603/?tag=content;col1 (Longer)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Scum, obviously.

[patrick1]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

[Хahar 🤔]

Foccart, Denard, and the like I've always found fascinating, in part because nobody knows about them.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Fascinate figure. But a scumbag. A representative of French neo-colonial imperialism.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are not 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world. Unfortunately Language parochialism stops this from coming more discussed than it should be.

Also I think this is the article you are talking about: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/world/africa/13francophone.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1258545624-oFe+304sz0FcUCj4bA7zAQ

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world.

Nah, everyone has a clue of what was and is going on about French neo-colonialism. Journalists have never stopped to speak about it, along the years. But who cares?

And who cares in US about what the CIA could have enjoyed to do around the world, and in Britain who really cares about what could the MI5 or i don't know which secret service have done here or there (i must say i don't have examples in head for Britain but would be surprised there is nothing to say...). And so on...

Such things are very well known then, at least here, but who will protest, Africans...?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world.

Nah, everyone has a clue of what was and is going on about French neo-colonialism. Journalists have never stopped to speak about it, along the years. But who cares?

And who cares in US about what the CIA could have enjoyed to do around the world, and in Britain who really cares about what could the MI5 or i don't know which secret service have done here or there (i must say i don't have examples in head for Britain but would be surprised there is nothing to say...). And so on...

Such things are very well known then, at least here, but who will protest, Africans...?

Oops sorry no, I know that. That was a typo - I forgot to include the not (however it should have been clear from the rest of my post).

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world.

Nah, everyone has a clue of what was and is going on about French neo-colonialism. Journalists have never stopped to speak about it, along the years. But who cares?

And who cares in US about what the CIA could have enjoyed to do around the world, and in Britain who really cares about what could the MI5 or i don't know which secret service have done here or there (i must say i don't have examples in head for Britain but would be surprised there is nothing to say...). And so on...

Such things are very well known then, at least here, but who will protest, Africans...?

Oops sorry no, I know that. That was a typo - I forgot to include the not (however it should have been clear from the rest of my post).

Oops to me then, i may have to quickly 'seen red' (literal translation of a French expression) on the first proposition, maybe i should have probably looked forward to pariochalism, which i've just done it and euh, even in thefreedictionnary.com which is very complete i found nothing, and my intuition machine might be broken but i don't see what it could have to do with...?

Well, at least it could have permit to precise that those stuffs were known in France and by French.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world.

Nah, everyone has a clue of what was and is going on about French neo-colonialism. Journalists have never stopped to speak about it, along the years. But who cares?

And who cares in US about what the CIA could have enjoyed to do around the world, and in Britain who really cares about what could the MI5 or i don't know which secret service have done here or there (i must say i don't have examples in head for Britain but would be surprised there is nothing to say...). And so on...

Such things are very well known then, at least here, but who will protest, Africans...?

Oops sorry no, I know that. That was a typo - I forgot to include the not (however it should have been clear from the rest of my post).

Oops to me then, i may have to quickly 'seen red' (literal translation of a French expression) on the first proposition, maybe i should have probably looked forward to pariochalism, which i've just done it and euh, even in thefreedictionnary.com which is very complete i found nothing, and my intuition machine might be broken but i don't see what it could have to do with...?

Well, at least it could have permit to precise that those stuffs were known in France and by French.

Hmmm... I got this.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

For whatever reason, France's adventures and misadventures in Africa; IMO, go generally unreported in historical and present conversations. I believe the American and British rather exploitative influence in Africa has been well reported but France always seemed to get a pass in my book. If you look at the record France has an absolutely brutal and cynical track record- and this is not said for any Francophobic reasons.  The NY Times had a recent article where France's policies have really been causing hatred among "The Street".  Despite Sarkozy's promises to the contrary, France continues to support tinpot dictators and have been putting the business interests ahead of every other concern.

They are 'unreported' (at least as far these things go) in the French speaking world.

Nah, everyone has a clue of what was and is going on about French neo-colonialism. Journalists have never stopped to speak about it, along the years. But who cares?

And who cares in US about what the CIA could have enjoyed to do around the world, and in Britain who really cares about what could the MI5 or i don't know which secret service have done here or there (i must say i don't have examples in head for Britain but would be surprised there is nothing to say...). And so on...

Such things are very well known then, at least here, but who will protest, Africans...?

Oops sorry no, I know that. That was a typo - I forgot to include the not (however it should have been clear from the rest of my post).

Oops to me then, i may have to quickly 'seen red' (literal translation of a French expression) on the first proposition, maybe i should have probably looked forward to pariochalism, which i've just done it and euh, even in thefreedictionnary.com which is very complete i found nothing, and my intuition machine might be broken but i don't see what it could have to do with...?

Well, at least it could have permit to precise that those stuffs were known in France and by French.

Hmmm... I got this.

Ok, my typing machine might have been broken then. Pardon, thanks.

[Bo]

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