Enghdahl on France: Cutting pensions instead of military spending

[LongTomH]

Run time: 04:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siORM_RXknc   Posted on YouTube: October 22, 2010 By YouTube Member: RussiaToday Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: October 22, 2010 By DU Member: LongTomH Views on DU: 438

 
"French police have broken the blockade of a refinery crucial for the capital's fuel supplies. A workers union that captured the depot said at least three people were injured in the clashes. A special operation ended the blockade that had lasted for more than a week, causing significant fuel shortages. Meanwhile, the Senate is expected to approve president Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to raise the retirement age to 62 - the reason behind the protests. Frederick William Engdahl, an American writer and journalist based in Germany, questions the reform saying it could be aimed at protecting tiny elite in France."

Note that the French citizens are angered by their government bailing out the big banks - after they caused the financial disaster - then sticking it to the common citizen.

Sound familiar?

[Greyhound]

1. FauxNews with an accent. K&R

Do they really thing they can fight their own people & still have a nation?

We're seeing this being played out all over the world, and this always leads to trouble.