By David Pryce-Jones 1-19-15
The Kouarchi brothers murdered the Charlie Hebdo journalists and then ran into the Paris streets shouting that they were avenging the Prophet Mohammed. The motivation is all too plain, you might think, but François Hollande, the French president, came up with a startling counterfactual view: “Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with Islam.”
Michel Gurfinkiel, one of the most perceptive commentators in France, has taken up this presidential absurdity. “The question is not so much whether one sees the truth or not, but rather what one is supposed to do once truth has been seen.” Four million French men and women turned out for demonstrations in Paris and other cities, presumably because they already had a good idea of the truth. But marching in the front ranks were personalities from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Palestinian entity, and others who condone expedient violence in practice and continually arrest and suppress journalists whose freedom of speech they were supposed to be defending.
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Michel Gurfinkiel, one of the most perceptive commentators in France, has taken up this presidential absurdity. “The question is not so much whether one sees the truth or not, but rather what one is supposed to do once truth has been seen.” Four million French men and women turned out for demonstrations in Paris and other cities, presumably because they already had a good idea of the truth. But marching in the front ranks were personalities from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Palestinian entity, and others who condone expedient violence in practice and continually arrest and suppress journalists whose freedom of speech they were supposed to be defending.
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