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Entry: The Real Bastille Day Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_real_bastille_day#2844 Post contents: John: If you can read Spanish, here are two articles I wrote about the French REvolution for a Spanish catholic magazine, ARBIL. http://www.arbil.org/112adri.htm http://www.arbil.org/112pena.htm In Europe there is a curious dichotomy in the necons there, they hate the jacobins and Robespierre, but have the utmost respect for the early phase of the Revolution. Of course, that is nonsense. The historian Palmer notes that when Robespierre comes to power the state of France was war from without, civil war from withing, economic collapse, and looming danger of massive famines. This was the doing of those early, moderate revolutionaries, after being in charge for two three years of a rich and peaceful country (one can almost feel sympathy for Robespierre for being stuck with such a disaster). But of course, those moderate revolutionaries declared war on the rest of Europe to bring the blessing of democracy to them, so of course, they are worthy of respect. Sent at: 2008 10 14