We here at WMD give France their due all the time. But every now and then, the cheese-eating surrender monkeys surprise us with a stunning display of backbone. This is such an occassion.From al-Reuters:
A French satirical weekly reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday and published one of its own on its front page, further angering Muslim groups which say the caricatures are blasphemous.Naturally, we can still count on Jack Iraq to raise the white flag...
French Muslim organizations tried to prevent Charlie Hebdo reprinting the 12 cartoons, which were first published by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten, but a court rejected their suit on Tuesday on a technicality.
President Jacques Chirac condemned "overt provocations" which could enflame passions, but did not name Charlie Hebdo in his latest appeal for restraint in a dispute that has triggered violent protests across the Muslim world.And they wonder why we aren't interested in having the UN or the EU take over control of the internets...
