© www.europe1.frJacques Myard describes France as a Western propaganda tool in the media war on Syria.
When it comes to Syria and the Russian air strikes, Jacques Myard, deputy from the Republican Party, accuses France of "carrying the suitcases for American propaganda," in a communiqué released today.
"Today we are witnessing an unbelievable media war that just takes your breath away.
The Russians have never changed their Syria policy and have always said that the regime of Bashar Al Assad was the best rampart against Islamic fundamentalism, without going so far as to say they're "married" to him for all time," affirms M. Myard.
"Moscow's objective is to consolidate Damascus, and the Russian air strikes are part of that policy," said the president of the Nation and Republic Circle.
"On the other hand, one can only wonder about the logic of the American policy France is following: Washington wants the Damascus regime to fall, no matter what it costs, and, like Paris, pretends that the insurgents are members of the Syrian Liberation Army, moderate insurgents against the regime".According to him "the truth is pretty remote from that presentation. The Syrian Liberation Army has no existence outside of the salons of Euro or American hotels," while the units of
the SLA armed by the Americans have crossed over to the Islamic front, weapons, equipment, and all to al Nosra, the al Qaida affiliate". Washington "today is playing the Al Nosra hand (...) The alignment of France with this policy of
Sorcerer's Apprentices is not just a disaster for our interests, it is just simply pathetic."
Comment: A few of the comments from French dignitaries and such:
"The government wants to be seen as being decisive and doing something," said Francois Heisbourg, chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "The beauty of airstrikes is you can decide them readily, you can implement them very quickly and easily, and
in media terms they're quite spectacular." However,
he said he doesn't think the French airstrikes will be any more effective than the U.S.'s airstrikes in Syria, which he said "haven't been conclusive.""A counterinsurgency war is not won in the air," said Claude Moniquet, a former French intelligence agent who now runs a security consulting firm.
"Nobody wants to be involved in a ground war in Syria and Iraq because it will drive us to an important amount of losses and nobody wants to be responsible for the body bags which will come back."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday
told a news conference that
Assad was "responsible for the current chaos" and would need to leave office if a peace deal were ever to be reached.
"If we were to say to the Syrians that the future lies with Assad, then we will expose ourselves to failure."Until Sunday, France had insisted that it could not attack ISIS in Syria due to international law, but this week
the country found evidence that ISIS planned terror attacks against it from Syria - making air strikes against the militants legitimate under UN rules on self-defense.
As such, France is being forced to work alongside the Assad regime, which it has criticized louder than any other Europe nation in recent years.
In other words, we want the results we want but skip the messy parts and blame all of the chaos and tragedy on someone else. Gloriosky, we are so, um, really great. Sound familiar?
Comment: A few of the comments from French dignitaries and such:
"The government wants to be seen as being decisive and doing something," said Francois Heisbourg, chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "The beauty of airstrikes is you can decide them readily, you can implement them very quickly and easily, and in media terms they're quite spectacular." However, he said he doesn't think the French airstrikes will be any more effective than the U.S.'s airstrikes in Syria, which he said "haven't been conclusive."
"A counterinsurgency war is not won in the air," said Claude Moniquet, a former French intelligence agent who now runs a security consulting firm. "Nobody wants to be involved in a ground war in Syria and Iraq because it will drive us to an important amount of losses and nobody wants to be responsible for the body bags which will come back."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday told a news conference that Assad was "responsible for the current chaos" and would need to leave office if a peace deal were ever to be reached. "If we were to say to the Syrians that the future lies with Assad, then we will expose ourselves to failure."
Until Sunday, France had insisted that it could not attack ISIS in Syria due to international law, but this week the country found evidence that ISIS planned terror attacks against it from Syria - making air strikes against the militants legitimate under UN rules on self-defense. As such, France is being forced to work alongside the Assad regime, which it has criticized louder than any other Europe nation in recent years.
In other words, we want the results we want but skip the messy parts and blame all of the chaos and tragedy on someone else. Gloriosky, we are so, um, really great. Sound familiar?