It was a pity about the Louvre.

[pynchonoid]

Opinion
 
April 16, 2003 
War is good, said Bush as the Louvre fell to looters

Simon Jenkins

The fall of France was astonishingly swift. After
regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, it was
only a matter of time before Tony Blair and George W.
Bush said that they had “no plans” to attack France.
The detested Jacques Chirac had long been a thorn in
their sides. He was a past friend of Saddam Hussein,
welcomed Arab exiles and had a suspiciously large
Muslim population. Above all, he refused point-blank
to disband his force de frappe weapons of mass
destruction. As Donald Rumsfeld had said back in 2003:
“Things mean consequences.” France posed a clear and
immediate threat. The coalition acted in pre-emptive
self-defence. It was a pity about the Louvre. [...] "

continues:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-647986,00.html>


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