American newspaper readers’ are justifiably bewildered about the events in France and Algeria; and the comments of the Liberal press hardly help dissipate the clouds of one-sided information. Yet it would be a mistake to dismiss the Algerian “decolonization” and its effects on the (step)-mother country as just another show in France’s political circus. Rather, the issues are clear and the outcome predictable.
For one thing, in spite of his labyrinthine personality, de Gaulle never acted by whim but has pursued a clear objective: disengagement; for another thing, the Liberal press will-fully confuses the issue by referring to men like Bidault, Soustelle, Challe and Salan as “subversives” and “extremists”; their only error was to misunderstand de Gaulle’s Machiavellian tactics; their guilt, to remain loyal to Western ideals and interests. Only by eating the poisonous cuisine of L’Express, France-Observateur, and Témoignage Chrétien can our own leftists jubilate over the horrors which strike down these best of Frenchmen.
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