[Roughneck]

I heard on Fox News that it was FRENCH arms used at the hotel bombong.

Wonder if chirac expects any invitation from USA in his near future? I hope not.

[Roughneck]

as the ideal opportunity to show the world that the two longtime allies had overcome a difficult year in which anti-French backlash spawned "freedom fries" and sales of French wine plummeted in the United States

We have not OVERCOME anything! I dont care what GWB says - the American POEPLE have SPOKEN!