Here's a list:
1. Our sisters are raped.
2. Our mothers are widowed.
3. Our brothers are killed.
4. Our children are butchered.
5. Our newborns are minced.
6. Our homes are bulldozed.
7. Our mosques are burned.
8. Our lands are bombed.
9. Our beloved is insulted.
10. Our Lord is rejected.
And the list goes on...
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Alain Gresh, French journalist specialised in the Middle East and deputy director of Le Monde diplomatique, reflects on the attacks which have shaken France and puts the country's foreign policy into perspective.
He observes,"What is certain is that in France there has been a real refusal to see the possible consequences of our foreign policy. It is clear that if France was targeted, it is also partly because of this interventionism, which is much more developed than in Germany or in Great Britain for instance. The United Kingdom is present in Iraq, but not in Africa. For that matter, France has constantly blamed these countries for not joining its intervention in Mali and in Central Africa and believes that it should not carry alone the military effort in what it calls the fight against terrorism. Ironically, as it was the case for Afghanistan, we claim that we fight wars in order to prevent jihadism from reaching us, but paradoxically jihadism is activated by our wars."
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