France certainly isn't America's "best ally." But they -- along with other European nations -- do maintain formal relations with the U.S. that are deeper than the relations we enjoy with most countries.
Screw Chirac. It's bad enough that we've got one frog (Kerry) attending Reagan's funeral.
10 posted on 06/10/2004 6:10:14 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")