Repeating Bush’s Mistakes
Prior to Bush’s misadventures in the Middle East, Al-Qaeda seemed to have been a distant reality that had been heard of, but unseen. A decade after the US invasion of Iraq, Al-Qaeda penetrated the Middle East and North Africa, hatching into numerous groups, sub-groups and Al-Qaeda-inspired groups. In fact, Al-Qaeda-turned-Islamic State (IS) is now redefining borders, carving a “state” of its own that occupies massive swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
But why is Hollande repeating the failed policies of the discredited Bush administration, and reversing the principled and sound choices of former French presidents, like Jacques Chirac? Foreseeing its potential disasters, Chirac stood defiantly against Bush’s war in Iraq; and he is still right. But since then, France itself has changed, and leaders like Nicolas Sarkozy, and now Hollande are responsible for that change.
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