Sarkozy, the real thing

A French friend send me this article from NYTimes, about Sarkozy recently visiting US.
I dont know many European politicians that would dare to meet the US establishment just before the elections. Note also his attitude towards free markets, US-EU relations, Israel etc.

Is France about to finally get a competent leader after DeGaul?

Have you heard the one with the Pope...?

In a speech yesterday, the Pope may have implied that Islam is a violent religion.
The offended Muslims responded by threatening, burning and bombing to make their point that Islam is actually a peaceful religion.

They are a joke. A very bad joke.


The same people do not feel they have to protect the peaceful reputation of Islam when certain imams openly preach violence against infidels. The reason is that the whole reaction has nothing to do with defending Islam as a peaceful religion. It has to do with the modern Muslim inferiority complex towards the west. But it is as simple as that: If they don’t want the west to think of them as backwards, they shouldn’t behave as backwards.



PS. I am no friend of Christians myself but I have to give them that: Christianity is the most tolerant major religion to external criticism and ridicule. And that’s a good sign; it means that this religion has very good chances to transform into sthg more functional and relevant to the needs of the modern society