https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2011/11/08/what-does-sarkozy-mean-by-the-term-liar/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:44:23 -0400<![CDATA[One shudders to imagine what noxious vapors swirled through the skull of French President Nicholas Sarkozy as he told Barack Obama that Binyamin Netanyahu was a &#8220;liar.&#8221; No-one has told the truth more clearly than Netanyahu: as long as the Palestinians cannot bring themselves to pronounce the words &#8220;Jewish State,&#8221; there won&#8217;t be a peace agreement. Where, pray tell, is the lie? Were he less diplomatic, Netanyahu might have added that with Egypt plunging into chaos, and likely to repudiate its peace treaty with Israel, and Syria in civil war, and Iran and Turkey vying to support the overtly (as opposed to de facto) terrorist wing of the Palestinians, the problem of a peace agreement with the beleaguered and unpopular Palestine Authority is moot.]]>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:14:56 -0500<![CDATA[David P. Goldman]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-p-goldman/2011/11/08/what-does-sarkozy-mean-by-the-term-liar-n130606