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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 6 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.743s | source | bottom
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qq66 ◴[22 Oct 25 07:48 UTC] No.45666006[source]▶
So is this a criminal president receiving justice, or a politically motivated prosecution?
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1. dmurray ◴[22 Oct 25 08:02 UTC] No.45666093[source]▶
A bit of both. He definitely did criminal things, but they look worse because Gaddafi was such a politically unpopular ("terrorist") leader in the west. If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison.
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2. motorest ◴[22 Oct 25 08:20 UTC] No.45666211[source]▶
> If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison.

Speaking as someone who isn't french,

If Sarkozy received the same funding from Obama it would have beem extremely shady.

From Gaddafi it sounds outright treacherous.

3. crimsoneer ◴[22 Oct 25 08:24 UTC] No.45666247[source]▶
I mean, I don't think we need to put air quotes around "terrorist" for Gaddafi. This was a ruler who was happy to bring down Western passenger jets and put bombs in night clubs.
4. monerozcash ◴[22 Oct 25 08:35 UTC] No.45666314[source]▶
This is France, getting money from Obama would likely have been worse.
5. ahoka ◴[22 Oct 25 08:46 UTC] No.45666383[source]▶
Wow, calling the Obama administration a regime seems like... a dog whistle?
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6. JuniperMesos ◴[22 Oct 25 08:55 UTC] No.45666434[source]▶
There are so many different political perspectives that would inspire someone to use the word "regime" to talk about Obama's presidency of the US, that I'm genuinely not sure which one the parent commenter is likely coming from. It's not a dog whistle it's a whistle for every type of animal.