Originally Posted by
Ele
No, Pig has a valid point. He's talking about their international standing. France is a bigger world player. That's what he means. Though I do think Syria is pretty important currently, seeing as how focal the situation is right now and how it could possibly escalate into something much bigger.
Well in terms of global impact yes. But when people are saying things like "Why do you care so much about France" They usually dont talk about global impact, but the value of lives and the attention given by media regarding victims.
Its true that attacks on western countries create bigger effects on the global scale, thus making those countries more "important" but im quite sure that is not what people are usually referring to in this discussion.