"Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe is standing by his remarks likening sovereigntists to Second World War resistance movements."
"Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says the Bloc leader's analogy ranks among the most absurd and ridiculous ever made by a sovereigntist."
Yes, the brave French resistance, aka Maquis. I should look up, and I'm writing this down so I will look it up, the numbers of Germans killed versus the number of French civilian deaths in response to those deaths. I have heard a number of 10 French deaths for every German soldier killed, but that may have been on the Eastern Front. They certainly helped downed Allied airmen reach safety. They blew up some train tracks and bridges and so forth. Ambushed German convoys, and generally made life uneasy for the German Army. Mostly Guerrila type engagements; hit hard and then melt into the country side.
You may be thinking of something.... and you are right - they sound just like the Taliban. One sides freedom fighters are the other sides terrorists is not an empty saying.
And let's not forget the large part of France that openly collaborated with the Germans. They were called Vichy French and most most of the south of France, I think.
All in all an interesting news story!
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