Same fire. Same destruction. Different vocabulary.
Hong Kong, 2019:
Macron called for “dialogue,” “restraint” and “de-escalation.”
Paris, 2026:
Macron condemns the violence, vows there will be “no compromise,” and says rioters, looters and those attacking the Republic must pay the price.
Apparently when streets burned in Hong Kong, the answer was dialogue.
When streets burn in Paris, the answer is law and order.
Violence did not change.
The address did.
Western principles have always had a postal code.
9/11 as it happened.
8:46 — Flight 11 hits the North Tower
9:03 — Flight 175 hits the South Tower
9:59 — South Tower collapses
10:28 — North Tower collapses
For those with eyes that see.