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What happened to cheese-eating surrender monkeys?

France has responded to so-called Islamic State's gun and explosives attack on Paris by ratcheting up its military strikes on IS in Syria and raising security at home. Times have changed since US commentators derided France over its reluctance to approve moves to overthrow Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Hugh Schofield on the mood in Paris.
Photo: A French fighter plane prepares to take off
Credit: Reuters

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