Loading ...Last Sunday (June 25th) at Douaumont, French President Jacques Chirac has marked 90 years since the Battle of Verdun by unveiling a monument to Muslims who fell in the key WWI battle.
President Jacques Chirac, who unlike his predecessors has abrogated the tradition consisting in putting flowers each year of the grave of Marshal Pétain, has blamed the Verdun’s vanquisher to have covered "with his glory the dishonor of the collaboration". This declaration has been immediately greeted by Serge Klarsfeld (President of the association of the children of french deported Jews).
Once more, we can realize of the inconsistency of that which is used to serve us as President of the French Republic… For sure, Chirac will cover nothing with his glory! His two mandates weren’t glorious at all! So the conclusion is that when you do one thing glorious in your whole life, it’s already a good start!
Coming 60 years later and saying: "Me, I would have done that" it’s really easy… Was the alternative so wide in 1940?
Hehe, what a debate…I for sure would not take position for one or the other, I know too little. However, I do find it acknowledgeable that for once, a president will cast aside the tradition and say maybe those other guys also deserve recognition and maybe that one, usually getting the praise, should also be recognized for his failures… because after all, he was a man and did make mistakes.
Comment by Diablotim — 2006-06-29 @ 1:11 pm