[livius]

I thought it was a hoax, but having seen the brief text, I now believe that Bambi did send it to Chirac, although not because he thought Chirac was still president. He’s just saying he wants to work with Chirac in the cause of peace, yadda, yadda, and completely ignore the current president. Obama did this to insult Sarkozy, who is (by French standards) a conservative.

[Jim Robinson]

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[Girlene]

I thought it was a hoax, but having seen the brief text, I now believe that Bambi did send it to Chirac, although not because he thought Chirac was still president. He’s just saying he wants to work with Chirac in the cause of peace, yadda, yadda, and completely ignore the current president. Obama did this to insult Sarkozy, who is (by French standards) a conservative.

I agree in part. He may not have meant to insult Sarkozy, but I doubt he cares. He's above all that. He wanted to draw himself closer to Chirac's way and view of the world. He and his administration are too clueless to realize how insulting this is to the current French president and too egocentric to realize how clueless it makes Obama look.