"I was France" - Charles de Gaulle

And so it begins, a new awakening, a new sense of urgency, a renewal of a battle that has yet (and perhaps will never) been won. When will "we" ever learn, a question that gets repeated over and over and over again and perhaps will be so till the end of the age.

"Where have all the flowers gone" indeed

"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first" - General Charles de Gaulle