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« Il ne faudrait surtout pas oublier Henry Kissinger, l’homme qui déclencha la contre-révolution en soutenant  le coup d’Etat de Pinochet. Dans son livre de 2006 (2007 pour la traduction française) intitulé « Mensonges d’Etat. Comment Bush a perdu la guerre », Bob Woodward révèle que Dick Cheney voit Kissinger tous les mois

L’ancien vice-président le dit toute honte bue « Je n’ai aucun regret » sur les méthodes d’interrogatoire illégales utilisées lors des présidences de George W. Bush.

Il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Danemark. We’re currently experiencing the final montagnes russes of Bush World and I feel a very strong urge to laugh wildly and vomit at the same time. The public comportment of George Bush, Dick Cheney and sundry other neo-con American figures has begun to scare me quite badly. Things are happening that we really need to notice.

No cute French-language betises from me this time. This time, I’m serious.

A sweet and obliging majority of the French folk I know have been surpassingly positive and excited about the election of Barack Obama. Juste comme il faut. There seems to be a rapid and well-informed understanding of how much this changes the global atmosphere and how much more concrete change might follow. I have, however, noticed that there is a remnant, a crust or crouton of old-style French lefties or new-style anarchist-types (always recognisable by the sincerity of their hairstyles) who seem to revel in bibulously denouncing me for naiveté (the only true crime for Parisians).