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August 07, 2002
Wednesday
 
 
A disgraceful slur
Antoine Clarke (London)  European Union

To compare Chris Patten with Marshal Petain is a disgraceful slur.

In the first place there were German troops marching through the streets of Paris and 13 million French civilian refugees trying to escape a war zone when he agreed to the Armistice. What's Patten's excuse?

Second, I don't know how Patten would have coped with defending Verdun in 1916, and glad I am too...

Third, Petain , and I only discovered this recently to my great surprise, wasn't anti-American and pro-euro-union.

Fourth, Petain only shook hands with Hitler, he didn't kiss his ...

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