Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––what trends are we seeing?

Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by fransje26 on Monday March 24, 2025 @09:24AM (#43460781)

> doing nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific.

That was not the most glorious moment of Chirac's presidency, no..

However, as someone involved in numerical simulations, the argument that it was needed to calibrate their numerical models does hold (some..) water..

But Chirac did partly redeem himself by refusing to invade Iraq on bogus US claims of WMDs..

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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by elproxy on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:14AM (#43468722)

In fairness, he did so in part because this was going to go against Total's interests (see Oil, Power and War for that part of the story), but yeah, it was still the right stance to have and history proved him right.

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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by fransje26 on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @07:41AM (#43470063)

As opposed to invading in order to support the interests of Halliburton? Tough choice..

Let's also not forget the absolutely absurd intervention of Colin Powell at the UN Security Council, holding up a vial containing the ultimate "proof" of WMD.

Good thing he didn't drop it.. /s

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