Double Standards of the Peace Coalitions

[Ex-Dragoon]

Ok with the arrival of the French Task Group in Halifax last week, I was away but have looked in the media to see if the anti nuclear activists greeted the French like they do with the the USN and RN whenever they come into port. After all,  FS Charles de Gaulle is a CVN (gasp!) and the FS Rubis is an SSN (horrors!). Anyone hear otherwise?

 

[NavyShooter]

It's the French....remember, they did go and sink the Rainbow Warrior (protestors) so I would suppose that some protest groups might still be slightly intimidated by that...

NavyShooter

 

[winchable]

I can't find anything on actual events, just that "demonstrations are expected"
I assume that those were written before the carrier arrived, but I haven't seen anything like a followup report on the visit.

The Trident Ploughshares protestors here are crazy I'll say that much, I'm certain I've read somewhere that they've at one time actually managed to get into the Devonport facility.

 

[andpro]

I heard that there were demonstrations but forget where I heard it

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Ok I got my answer this morning from a friend on the Halifax Police...they were expecting it and were ready but there ended up being none.

 

[winchable]

Were they expecting it because of intel they heard or were they expecting it because it usually happens when the RN and USN come to town?

If it's the former I would blame the weather if it it's the latter I would suspect double standards.