I think the french want to kiss and make up. Have you seen President Bush in Europe without Jaques Chirac near by lately? the Popes Funeral, the current end of WWII celebrations.
Jaques is always kissing poor Laura's hand. How icky.
Don't con artists have a name for this? Isn't is called "cooling the Mark."
The French are lucky they wound up with a country at all...
thanks to us.