main After returning from Ukraine, the French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy boasted on television that he had put the French motto on the barricade in Odessa.
“Come, see, vichi.” French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, very pleased with his trip to Ukraine, said on Friday, March 18, on the set of BFMTV that he wrote the French republican motto “freedom, equality, fraternity” on a barricade in the city of Odessa. . The “political gesture”, he said, was quickly ridiculed on social media.
Three weeks after the start of the invasion, accepted by Moscow, fighting in Ukraine continues. Returning from the port city of Odessa, recently turned into a fortress to prevent a Russian attack, Bernard-Henri Lévy said that he “inscribed on the barricade of the main street of the city of Odessa” the three words of the motto of French republicanism: freedom, equality, fraternity.
“I saw the city in a state of sadness, desolation and incredible heroism,” he said, arguing that Vladimir Putin would already “lose this war.” A contemporary figure of aspiring intellectual, the famous white-collar writer has not failed to provoke the merriment of Internet users on social networks, like this tweet with a link to the Unknown sketch.
?Exclusive images of Bernard-Henri Levy marking the barricade in #Ukraine : #BHL pic.twitter.com/KbPW6q7IC3
— Olivier Varlan (@VarlanOlivier) March 18, 2022
Alert: After the BHL tag, Putin announces the end of the war and the withdrawal of his troops. He would have added, “If I had known, I would not have come.” pic.twitter.com/e0FnFHhimm
— Mugiwara no Ali (@Mugiwara_No_Ali) March 18, 2022