France’s temperamental President Nicholas Sarkozy and Swashbuckling Jet Set Philosopher Bernard Henri Lévy (BHL) Form an Unlikely Pair. Everything seems to oppose them in style and ideology (The French President being Right Wing and BHL a Socialist) yet they have been completely in agreement on one thing : The War of Liberation in Libya.
See Related Article : Why Sarkozy Went to War by Christopher Dickey (Newsweek)
If the battle for Tripoli is far from over and resistance of Pro Gaddafi Forces still resilient, few doubt that Gaddafi’s regime will survive in the days or weeks to come. The definitive Fall of Gaddafi’s tyrannical 40 years reign and the eventual Success of the Libyan Campaign will certainly be the result of this cooperation against all odds.
BHL and Sarkozy have been showing a common foreign policy vision towards the MiddleEast and North African upheavals notably a tough stance towards the regimes in Syria and Iran’s Islamic Republic. Also contacts with Iranian and Syrian Expats and Direct support for popular desire for Regime change in both countries have been openly expressed by the French President and the French Philosopher.
BHL Contacts with Iranians from across the political spectrum:
RESPONDING TO REZA’s CALL: An Iranian Solidarnosc in the Making …
BHL Gathers Secular Opposition in Paris (June 11th, 2010 )
Marjane Satrapy and BHL Demonstrate in Paris
Only time will say if this unlikely Bromantic Love affair between the Presidential Warlord and the Swashbuckling Philosopher will endure, but what is certain is that it has put France in the Forefront of the Arab Spring as a Beacon of Democracy and Freedom.
VIVE LA FRANCE!
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THE WARLORD AND THE INTELLECTUAL
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French President Declares War on Gaddafi (Sky News –March 19, 2011):
Allied fighter jets have taken to the skies over Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi apparently defied the UN’s demand that he stop attacking his own people
BHL On Al Jazeera’s Riz Khan – Thebattle for Libya’s soul ( Mar 11, 2011) :
Bernard-Henri Levy, the French philosopher and writer, who had visited Libya shares his viewson the uprising there.
Bernard-Henri Lévy Slams BBC’s Middle East « Expert » Abdelal-Bari Atwan on Libya intervention:
Bernard-Henri Lévy vs Abdel al-Bari Atwan, Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman 21.3.2011
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BHL’s SUPPORT FOR IRAN’s UPHEAVAL
AND CAMPAIGN AGAINST STONING
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The French Philosopher BHL has been at the forefront of the Campaign against the Stoning of Sakineh Muhamadi Ashtiani and has recurrently supported the Iranian Upheavals following the Post Election Crackdown in Iran after the controversial re election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (See Related Website and Petition)
Free Iran : Bernard Henry Lévy / memoirevive.tv:
BHL Greets Sakineh Ashtiani’s Lawyer Muhamad Mustapha in Paris (France 24):
BHL Demonstrates with Iranians in Paris in Support to Sakineh Ashtiani and speaks to his Son:
Related Website:
Bernard Henri Levi’s La Règle Du Jeu
Recommended Readings:
Why Sarkozy Went to War by Christopher Dickey (Newsweek)
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Other Related Blogs:
BHL Gathers Secular Opposition in Paris (June 11th, 2010 )
Marjane Satrapy and BHL Demonstrate in Paris
RESPONDING TO REZA’s CALL: An Iranian Solidarnosc in the Making …
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Libya’s Exiled Crown Prince calls on world to stop ‘massacre,’ remove Gaddafi
Tunisia could benefit from bitter lessons of Iran’s clumsy ’79 revolution
Barack Jaan So was it “Yes We Can” Or Was It Just “Hot Air”?
PRECISION DRILLING: Allied Military Operations in Libya in Progress …
BREAD & CIRCUS: It Ain’t about Democracy or HR Stupid, It’s About Show Business
WHO’S THE EXPERT? John Simpson Proves Barbara Slavin Wrong on Libya
US, UN, Europe and the Arab League SHAME ON YOU !
IMPOTENCE IN ACTION: Western Powers Can’t Figure Out How To Deal with Gaddafi
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Libya’s Exiled Crown Prince calls on world to stop ‘massacre,’ remove Gaddafi
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