1.0 link 44902 <![CDATA[On Iraq, Bush Should Follow Charles de Gaulle's "l'heroisme de l'abandon"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/on-iraq-bush-should-follo_b_44902.html As we all know, President George Bush has recently been reading the French existentialist Albert Camus. But there is another French figure far from the Left Bank cafes more relevant for this president to pay attention to now: Charles de Gaulle.

In his new book Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts, Clive James recounts Raymond Aron praising de Gaulle's courage and vision. Aron extolled de Gaulle for "l'heroisme de l'abandon," or "the bravery to renounce" his commitment to...

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