France declares war against al-Qaida after hostage killed

Ahh France.. qu'est que tu fais? The solution for the problem has never been to send in the military and try to engage them with weapons. In fact this frenchman who was killed has set the perfect example of what nations should do by peacefully rebuilding nations. This would in fact prevent generations of terrorism instead of trying to chase some poor bandits and a nation wouldn't be just throwing money at faulty governments. However then military contractors couldn't make money on the idea of a never-ending war on terror. Terrorism is a tactic born from an idea, al-quida is nothing more than a unifying idea not a nation, not a government, just an idea that brings poor middle eastern men together to fight. Keep in mind if we killed all of the existing Al-quida on the earth they would be reborn with millions of new disenfranchised muslim youth seeking vengeance.
In a nation so rich with philosophers, leftist and humanist I'm disappointed france took this military measure maybe they need some ideas from their scandinavian neighbors in the north.

You wont win the war on terrorism with weapons, by doing so you perpetuate the war, you feed it, and you make sure it never ends. You can only win with humanity.. Unless you're willing to always be at war forever then welcome to the never ending war, welcome to1984.

A good man gone, but a life well lived.
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France is sneaky and unreliable. They contract in Countries with Sanctions, while trying to seem allied with the (sic) UN. If they are joining the fray, they better tightin' their borders.

Its a fair bet that Islamic violence will rise in Europe, it may end up a central battleground in the future. Borders are easier to cross in Europe and al Qaeda will feel no remorse is using suicide bombers there. The more countries that are willing to chase down and kill Islamic extremists who terrorize the better. They believe in their Jihad so may as well visit their virgins

French Fries are Belgian and France has a much more impressive miltiary history than the USA. People are quick to say that the French would be speaking German if it wasnt for the USA bailing them out in WW2. Well, yes, the USA did help a great deal in liberating France but Britain did more. Also if it was not for the help of the French the USA would never have gained independance from the crown.

so 44 of us took the bait.
france declares they are going to surrender soon.lol

I wish I could go back to calling them french fries, but can't as they still don't support our war in Iraq.

and the french does...................what?

Go time for the French Legionnaires!

yess! Back to FRENCH fries!

Haha!! but seriously.

How did France manage to find an al-Qaida camp AND attack and we can't? Man, when France beats you to the draw against an organization we have been fighting for a decade, you know you gotta be losing your luster.

What is france going to do? throw bagets at them. Do they even have a real army that does anything at all?

Is Sarkozy in a difficult political position ? This is the sort of thing that would be a common tactic , if he were .

OMG france where have you been?

sad waste of a good life..."He had been working as a volunteer building a school for Tuareg nomads."

Wikileaks does *Faceplam*

I'd imagine that they'd have to step pretty lightly considering their history with Algeria.

You wanna talk about terrorism, yeesh.

anyone who thinks al-Qaida is anything but a government boogeyman should look up the saudibinladin group and the bush family.

and another fictional war against a word... or in this case... two words... "the database", or "the case"

All For One, And One For All !