[Charles Martel]

You bring into play an entirely different scenario then that proposed by the Congress woman. I interpreted the Bill as being a gut reaction to the recent public outrage of the decision of the french government to place the French business interests in Iraq over the lives of Americans. Thus I would oppose her bill.

However, if desecration of US graves was in fact occuring,(beyond occassional pranks) and the French government/police were not taking any action to prevent its occurance, then I would support a bill that allowed (and paid) for the exhumation of the remains.

I believe your interpretation is correct - this is a reaction to what the French have been doing of late. It is also a message, especially if it generates some news. That alone might be sufficient - for now.

This idea was first kicked around here on FR around the time of the recent French elections. It was then, and remains fairly clear that France is going to undergo some unpleasant changes, and in the not too distant future. I hope we don't wait for the place to come under Islamic sharia law before we act. The situation there certainly warrants our continued close scrutiny.

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I hope we don't wait for the place to come under Islamic sharia law before we act.

Exactly. Even if this situation with Iraq wasn't happening, I'd still support moving our war dead from France before it becomes majority Muslim and they desecrate the graves.