A former French government minister, Patrick Devedjian, who served in the conservative governments of French presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy is in trouble for stating a politically incorrect but politically uncomfortable truth.   A former French minister stirred up controversy today after saying Germany 'took our Jews and gave us Arabs' as France began taking some of the thousands of refugees arriving in Germany. Patrick Devedjian, a right-winger who served in the governments of presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, made the remark at a press conference, but quickly tried to backtrack on social media. 'My humorous jest was misplaced,' Devedjian wrote on his Twitter account, saying he regretted it all the more because he himself helps refugees in need. Au contraire, former Minister Devedjian, your jest was not misplaced, it was true as far as it went and could have/should have gone further....(Read Full Post)