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One brave man

by Paul Wells on Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13pm - 19 Comments

Even Nicolas Sarkozy’s lonely act of defiance wasn’t enough to stop the massacre at Tiananmen:

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The NYT explains what this is about. Readers are encouraged to submit their own images of Sarko at the turning points of history.

 

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/psiclone psiclone

    ROFL – well done .. sort of like that liberla mp who makes up ownership of imaginary cars to make a point LMFAO

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/SisyphusThis SisyphusThis

    Be gentle. The man is currently solving the Middle East situation.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Crit_Reasoning Crit_Reasoning

    I guess Sarkozy is the winner of this year's Zelig Prize. Ignatieff was the runner-up.

  • Foreigner

    Someone photoshop Sarkozy's head onto Harper's body as he plays the piano at the National Arts Centre. You can get stills of that from a Heritage Moment that's already been produced.

  • Mulletaur

    LOL.

  • http://coyne kc

    Sorta reminiscent of the bother that levesque caused for himself by claiming in his memoirs to have witnessed first hand a maajor event in the war…what was it now? [ google is cheating’ Wasn’t it witnessing Mussolini’s execution, or was it being at Nurmburg?

  • kcm

    I believe Sarkozy provided the crucial data that enabled the cyber geeks to avert a melt down during Y2K.

    • Mark

      That was actually a pretty small job for the guy who invented the internet.

  • http://www.leehamilton.blogspot.com/ Lee

    Someone needs to coin a term for this sort of historical posing by public figures in search of their own significance. It reminds me of Hillary Clinton's false account of dodging sniper fire in Sarajevo. It's a peculiar pathology combining tourism, politics and histrionics. You can imagine them telling the story over again until they actually believe it.

  • kcm

    Sarkozy claims that N Armstrong wasn't the first man on the moon, as he was down with flu that week and Sarkozy, his closest pal, had a little time on his hands…the rest is history.

  • http://coyne kc

    Sarkozy claims to have been a major factor in convincing Gorbachov to wind up the cold war. ” How do you think he got that red mark on his head,” ? Sarkozy boasted.” I held him down and kept giving him noogies until he said Nyet”!

  • janwebb

    Hey Paul,
    Why don't we talk about a real hero–Stephen Harper. He is not being sucked into the wealth drain of the Copenhagen conference, but is busy sponsoring programs in other countries to HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES! Check out his schedule for visitng China and India –way more relevant, Paul. Sarkozy hasn't been able to get his head out of a proverbial dark place for a long time—give me a break! This is news??

    • kcm

      Yeah right! Until we have global consensus nothing get's done at all. Some leader; some leadership!

      • Raging Ranter

        I can't think of a more meaningless word than 'consensus'. In fact, whenever someone brags that they have achieved a "consensus", it's a sure bet that NOTHING has been accomplished.

        • kcm

          So are you claiming he's trying to reach unanimity? Because that would be a sure bet that NOTHING has been accomplished. Which is a result that might not displease him.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Gaunilon Gaunilon

    What I want to see are the pictures of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden dodging sniper fire in Bosnia and Iraq.

  • kcm

    Sarkozy claims to have been instumental in securing the release of Mandela. Apparently he sent a note to Botha – the SA Prez [ a noted wine connoisseur] that uness he freed him, Sarkozy would personally piss in every bottle of beaujolais noveau sent to South Africa.

  • bud

    I'm pretty sure he convinced Chretien not to proceed with Universal Childcare.

  • Not Glenn Beck

    But why is there no picture of Nicolas Sarkozy with Glenn Beck on the night that Beck is supposed to have raped and murdered a young girl in 1990. Obviously such a picture would put the rumours about Glenn Beck to rest. If only someone would come forward with a picture of Sarkozy and Beck together on the night Beck is rumoured to have carried out this heinous crime.

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