[riggins]

"I'm french.... My country is not the best country in the world but we did not end up with some terrible thing like Guantanamo"

Let me preface this by saying I'm a big fan of France. In fact, I think France was a good ally recommending caution with Iraq (precisely because they had the most recent experience with fighting a counter-insurgency in an Arab country).

But I take exception with your claim that France didn't end up with Gitmo.

Read 'A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962'. France pretty much invented torturing arab terrorists.

[vansteen]

You are totally right. In the 20th century, France committed ugly things as well. In my previous post, I was talking about the recent period but Algeria is a good example what should be avoid. It's still a sensitive topic here, even 50 years after. I think it makes lose credibility and damage the soul of a country when this kind of episode happen. It's what our countries should avoid.