[elmer fudd]

I guess what bothers me about this is the fact that we are participating in it at all. Let the other five parties argue it out among themselves and we can build our own facility in the US. Doing joint nuclear research with the Chinese, French and Russians is insane.

[lafroste]

I actually see some good news here. The french continue to win friends and build brownie points, with India last week over the Airbus fiasco, and now they are impressing their new friends in Tokyo with their "we rule the world" attitude.

But, if you read between the lines, it's the US, Russia, China, the EU, etc. France is no longer even considered a world player, just a province of the EU (a smarmy, snot filled province at that). When the EU constitution crashes and burns, or if it doesn't, a short time further out, France will lose even the illusion of control of the EU and we'll be done with those pests strutting as world players, maybe forever.

It's a pity about Notre Dame however. It won't make a very good mosque.

[CasearianDaoist]

Absolutely.