Great essay. Are there any follow-ups to the last bit (dated January 2004)?
I became curious about the author, did a Google search and came up with the following:
French Lies About Iraq
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12247
Novelist Nidra Poller delivers chilling message: No solution in sight to French anti-Semitism
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/001852.php