Last night it was all over the news that a planned rally against fear today in Brussels had to be canceled because of . . . fear. Not enough security available to allow it to go forward. This really is a literal case of the terrorists winning.
Another leading French intellectual, Bernard Henri-Levy, gave an interview to the BBC on Thursday that is very bracing in its conclusion that “Europe might be dying.” Among other things, Henri-Levy is very harsh about Obama’s neglect of the Middle East. (About eight minutes long.)
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