Monday, November 16, 2015
Why is France so important?
Why do we pretend to have a strong connection to France? KHQ tried hard and finally found someone in Spokane with French connections.
We paid very little attention to the Russian plane that was brought down by the very same ISIS a couple weeks ago, with a somewhat larger death toll. Didn't bother to find any local connections, even though 10% of Spokane is recent emigrants from Russia, Ukraine, and Bosnia. You could find 10,000 people here with an immediate Russian connection. One on every block. Nope, didn't bother.
Russia is Christian, so it's our enemy even while we're quietly acknowledging that Putin is doing the right thing in Syria even while we're LOUDLY SHRIEKING that Russia is evil even while we're maintaining harsh sanctions against the only fucking country in the world that is actually doing some fucking GOOD.
I understand why we don't pay attention to the million deaths in Iraq and Syria and Libya. We're doing the murders there, and the people being murdered are mainly Muslims. Our Prophet Netanyahu gives the orders, we obey. It's our job.
Aside from all that, the first question remains. Very few Americans have French ancestry. France helped to finance 1776 but it's been a thorn in our flesh most of the time. Not exactly an enemy but never a helper. We have stronger connections with most other Euro countries.
This neat interactive graph shows major countries of origin for each decade since 1960. Italy and Germany and USSR/Russia are big slices of the pie in every decade, but France is never big enough to get out of 'Other'.
Solved the puzzle in next item. 
I understand why we don't pay attention to the million deaths in Iraq and Syria and Libya. We're doing the murders there, and the people being murdered are mainly Muslims. Our Prophet Netanyahu gives the orders, we obey. It's our job.
Aside from all that, the first question remains. Very few Americans have French ancestry. France helped to finance 1776 but it's been a thorn in our flesh most of the time. Not exactly an enemy but never a helper. We have stronger connections with most other Euro countries.
This neat interactive graph shows major countries of origin for each decade since 1960. Italy and Germany and USSR/Russia are big slices of the pie in every decade, but France is never big enough to get out of 'Other'.
Solved the puzzle in next item. Labels: Asked and answered
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