Which begs the question: maybe he really did intend to send that letter to Chirac?
Well, he said he wanted to work with Chirac for the next 4 years. It makes no sense to send a letter like that to a guy out of political power. But who knows.
Indeed he did, and sent it properly to the Chirac Foundation.
While Obama is good at gaffes and insulting foreign leaders, he did not do so at this time, unless it offends Sarko that our liberal Pres is in communicado with his predecessor, though there must be amble precedent on both sides of the Atlantic for this.