“Nonetheless, many other countries, including yours, have taken brutal counter-measures against insurgencies.” Yes, France did. Still interesting in what Johan Hari described is what the French Army allegedly does is not against French Citizens. It is in a foreign country in a typical post-colonial (or even fully colonial) period.
My point was that the Turkish government doesn’t treat (so considered) his Kurdish Citizens are Turk. In bombing Iraqis Kurds in reaction of what a Turkism Kurds did is a plain acceptation that Kurds are one nation… Like the French in Algeria recongnised in practising torture and deportation that Algeri was de-facto an other country...

“It is hard for us to point fingers and look aghast when our own actions belie our words.”
Nope, I don’t support at any cost my country. French chains are chains and not good. However, when I read an article I except to have information and fact, not what an old man, woman, kid or whoever point of view without question.
I had friends in the Foreign Legion (long time ago…) and I know the French African Policy is well, policy. See Chad, Central Africa, Congo, Djibouti etc. Dirty operations were conduct and are still done. However I need facts before to have a judgement and this article gives none. Rwanda and Burundi were never a French Colonies for ex. So why to compare with Central Africa which was? Claiming that the French are responsible for all genocides without a beginning of a proof is not enough for me…
I am sorry; I don’t trust any more journalists. I saw what they did in former-Yugoslavia.