Tuesday, January 25, 2011

If one wants to understand Europe than read about Europe everyday. The European INFLUENCE globally is exceptionally interesting.

The 'seat' of current Free World culture began there. 

This is from The Internatinoal Herald Tribune.  I read that paper daily for years and I still have my notes.  They used to 'feature' a country and/or a peoples and/or a culture daily on what used to be Page 2 or 3. 

At any rate, today President Sarkozy casts a light on the struggles in Tunisia and why France has to stand down from the dynamics that might be viewed as 'a liberation.'

...“France did not take the full measure (click title to entry - thank you) of the despair of the Tunisian people,” Mr. Sarkozy said. “We in France probably underestimated the aspirations of the Tunisian people for freedom.” He argued that France had to act “with a certain reserve” regarding its former colonies....