French Diplomacy at its Lowest

The Rocky Mountain News ^ | April 19, 2004 | Editorial

[quidnunc]

It was only a few weeks ago that French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte was in the offices of the Rocky Mountain News attempting to rehabilitate his country's image by making sophisticated excuses for its coddling of Saddam Hussein.

Since the war began, Levitte has been a tireless advocate for President Jacques Chirac. If not writing in the op-ed pages of major U.S. newspapers, he is traveling, making his case at conferences, meetings and on college campuses, but always with essentially the same message: The differences between the United States and France over Iraq are not deep, and charges of a French doublecross are absolutely baseless.

Yet if the bilateral relationship is really on the mend, why has the ambassador's message become more shrill and confrontational? …

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[SF Republican]

why has the ambassador's message become more shrill and confrontational? because he is a lying sack of merde.

[Joe Boucher]

The french dogs can harp all they care to and til the day I die I will say f-em.
The french are worse then enemies they are surrender monkies and slime.

[BushisTheMan]

I continue to boycott all French, Belgian, Russian (do they have any?), Chinese, Canadian, and Mexican items.

But especially the French items!

[Arpege92]

France STINKS!

[John Lenin]

Hit them where it hurts, the pocketbook!

1) Bilateral trade in goods

a) Trends, 1992-2002: The U.S. records a growing deficit

Bilateral trade between France and the United States increased 150 percent during this period, reaching $47 billion in 2002; this increase corresponded to a similar growth in imports and exports.

France exports $28 billion worth of goods and imports $19 billion worth of American products. The U.S. bilateral trade deficit has increased steadily since 1992, reaching a peak of $10.4 billion in 2001 before decreasing last year.

[bert]

French Race......

Frogs are several genusses of amphiboans.

[HP8753]

I continue to boycott all French, Belgian, Russian (do they have any?), Chinese, Canadian, and Mexican items.

Better add Spanish items to that list also.