Your Flying Pig Moment of the Day
Charles Johnson
Wed Oct 25, 2006 at 6:13 pm PDT • Views: 467
We have a sighting of an extremely rare animal—a French diplomat who actually changes his opinion when confronted with facts: French FM changes his opinion on Israeli separation barrier. (Hat tip: Mark.)
Definitely a flying pig moment.
PARIS (EJP)—- French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy declared last week he has changed his opinion on Israel’s controversial separation barrier in light of its drastic effect on terror, forcing French authorities to clarify their position on the issue.
The barrier, which separates the West Bank from the rest of Israel, has garnered much criticism for creating a ghetto-style situation for the Palestinians and for allegedly appropriating Palestinian land on the Israeli side.
But although the French government has been critical of it since the start of its construction four years ago, Douste-Blazy has now reversed the feeling.
“I have significantly evolved on the matter of the separation fence” said Douste-Blazy on French Jewish television TFJ on Thursday. “Although the wall was a moral and ethical problem for me, when I realised terror attacks were reduced by 80 percent in the areas where the wall was erected, I understood I didn’t have the right to think that way.”
Hamas doesn’t appreciate the avian porcine nature of this moment. In fact, they’re pissed off. How dare those Israelis protect themselves from suicide bombers?
“It is the Palestinian nation which is suffering from the separation fence, not the French nation,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum. “Our nation is paying a high price for the separation and he [Douste-Blazy] must understand that the wall is the symbol of racial segregation and isolation.”
Frank says: