[XJarhead]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It's not France being different "just to be different". It's France being "different" to wreck the Atlantic alliance, sever European ties to America, and remake the Continent in its image. It's the one explanation that fits the evidence best.

I love Steyn, but that may be his best piece of analysis yet.

[Wright is right!]

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It's not France being different "just to be different". It's France being "different" to wreck the Atlantic alliance, sever European ties to America, and remake the Continent in its image. It's the one explanation that fits the evidence best."

Which is the missing link in my failure to understand the EU - and how the French could EVER agree to the dissolution of their beloved French Franc currency in favor of the Euro. I NEVER could understand the French ceding their Franc nor the Germans their Deutschmark.

But after reading Steyn, it NOW all makes sense. The French, after years of impotency, founded the EU and the Euro-as-Viagra to attempt to once again be a factor on the world stage.

Michael

[GOPJ]

You're right. A ring of truth...

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It's not France being different "just to be different". It's France being "different" to wreck the Atlantic alliance, sever European ties to America, and remake the Continent in its image. It's the one explanation that fits the evidence best.