Footnote to my previous post:
France's election result may toll the knell of Arafat --talk about an unexpected side-effect!
Indeed, Arafat's best European friend, Jacques Chirac, is cornered into the midst of a major political crisis... So, what if Sharon boldly decides to snuff Arafat out? Germany and Italy, already struck by terrorist attacks (Djerba, Milan), will have few reasons to retaliate against Israel... The UK will likely utter her usual, ineffectual platitudes --waiting for the White House's reaction. Russia will show off her hypocritical dismay and call for an urgent UN Security powwow... And G.W. Bush will likely mumble something like "Sharon is a man of piece"... Yet France will get caught completely off-balance: if Chirac moves, Le Pen will accuse him of yielding to the terrorists... France's Foreign minister Hubert Vedrine is already a lame duck: what could the French government do in the Middle East after the Prime Minister himself (L. Jospin) solemnly announced his proximate stepping down from politics?
Besides, the assassination of Yasser Arafat will certainly trigger violent unrests throughout France's immigrant ghettoes --fueling France's xenophobia and securing Le Pen's bid for the Presidency. Sharon and the Judeofascists are well aware that, despite his notorious anti-Semitic catch-phrases, Le Pen would be a much better friend of Israel than Jacques Chirac.... Both Sharon and Le Pen already share a common ground when it comes to repelling the "Green Peril". Therefore, make no mistake: France's Jewry will MASSIVELY vote for Judeofascist Le Pen --against downtrodden immigrants, against pro-Arab Chirac, against the Palestinians... To be sure, France's Likudniks are the swing voters who might well tip the scales in Le Pen's favor.
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