Regime Change in Paris: How Nicolas Sarkozy Could Reinvigorate U.S.-French Relations

The Heritage Foundation ^ | 10/31/2006 | Sally McNamara

[Dark Skies]

According to the latest polls, by spring 2007 the president of France could well be Nicolas Sarkozy, the man who The Washington Post described as “not your everyday French politician.”[1] For a start, the current French Interior Minister and leader of the UMP conservative party is pro-American. He understands that the war on terrorism is the world’s fight and not one America should have to bear alone. He grasps the nature of the threat facing Continental Europe from Muslim extremism and favors fighting terrorism head-on and without apology. His worldview is not one that ends in the Michelin-starred restaurants of Paris. Further, he is vocally enthusiastic about the Anglo-Saxon economic model and keen to shake up the statist, government-centered French economy with a hefty dose of innovation and entrepreneurialism. So if Nicolas Sarkozy does become president next year, what exactly will it mean for U.S. interests?

[big'ol_freeper]

Damn. I would have to stop using all my French jokes.

[Bon mots]

I wonder why?

[bert]

.....He grasps the nature of the threat facing Continental Europe .....

He therefore has no chance of being elected.

[JasonC]

When he bombs Iran on his own initiative to save western civilization from the threat of nuclear terrorism, we'll talk. In the meantime, it is all tough-lite, mere talk, regulating hats, etc.

[shield]

The French ... LOL I hope he wins.

[knews_hound]

Oh man that pic HURTS

[sageb1]

"He understands that the war on terrorism is the world’s fight and not one America should have to bear alone."

Good article!

[kjo]

I don't know. I don't think there's much hope left for the French. They lost their souls when they turned their own Jewish countrymen over to the Germans in 1940.

Something went out of their collective soul. They haven't been fully human since.

[SHOOT THE MOON bat]

There seems to be alot of Conservative Party wins around the world lately. I wonder if that will all deflate if we allow the Democrats to take control of Congress next week. Will the world look at the US and say that they are getting weary of the fight and if the Americans can't stand against Islamofacism how can we. It is a concern I have. Please everyone go out and vote. Not just for your country but for all the world.

[kjo]

The problem is that we not only have to fight the Defeatocrats, we have to fight eighty percent of the MSM. Somehow, it doesn't seem fair.

I urge everyone to turn off your tv when the liberals are propagandizing, cancel subscribitions to liberal newspapers. It's the only way they get the message.

[SHOOT THE MOON bat]

I agree. I do not subscribe to a newspaper or cable TV. I have better things to do with my money.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Nicolas Sarkozy, the man who The Washington Post described as “not your everyday French politician.”

Whatever happened to the word "whom"?

[BradyLS]

Those pictures are downright INFURIATING!

[reg45]

They lost their souls when they turned their own Jewish countrymen over to the Germans in 1940.

There were other events before that.

1. They sent Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (the most brilliant scientist of his time and the father of modern chemistry) to the guillotine.
2. They sent Alfred Dreyfuss to Devils Island.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

"One year after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than half of the French people believed that the U.S. motivation for the war on terror was to dominate the world"

Wow! I find global ingnorance stunning. The only thing Americans want to be is safe at home with our families. Dominating anybody, except in fair and square productive competition, is the only thing that might capture our interest. What a bunch of total jerks!

[Bonaparte]

"Re-invigorate" relations with the french? Maybe with the leftist careerists at State. french hatred for America is implacable.

[hnj_00]

here you want some french jokes & statements regarding the french....

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." Mark Twain.

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." General George S. Patton.

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." Norman Schwartzkopf.

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." Marge Simpson

"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure" Jacques Chirac, President of France

"As far as France is concerned, you're right." Rush Limbaugh,

"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." Regis Philbin

"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whisky I don't know." P.J O'Rourke (1989).

"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it." John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona.

"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people!" Conan O'Brien

"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France either" Jay Leno.

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." David Letterman

Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada. Ted Nugent.

War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II. The favorite bumper sticker in Washington now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France.'" Tom Brokaw.

"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against DisneyWorld and Big Macs than the Nazis?" Dennis Miller.

"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us." Alan Kent

"They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house." Argus Hamilton

"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.'" Rep. Roy Blunt (MO)

"The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found truffles in Iraq." Dennis Miller
Raise your right hand if you like the French .. raise both hands if you are French.

Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered the city in WWII? A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?

"Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known, it's never been tried." Rep. R. Blount (MO)

"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer Francein WWII? And that's because it was raining." John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv.The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide. The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.

French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney (AP), Paris, March 5, 2003 The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris, caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group of Czech tourists.

[cpdiii]

The French deserve most of those comments. However, I would like to mention the French Resistance in WW-II. They saved many American and English Airmen. Many paid with their lives, and the lives of their families. I know one of these men. He was 16 when he did these things. There is no finer man than Henri Nezondet.

[Retief]

However, I would like to mention the French Resistance in WW-II. They saved many American and English Airmen. Many paid with their lives, and the lives of their families. I know one of these men. He was 16 when he did these things. There is no finer man than Henri Nezondet.

Brave Frenchman seem to be as rare as peaceful Muslims.