I think W ought to start quietly spreading the idea among the 3rd world countries in the U.N. that France's position on the Security Council is an anachronism of history and that their concerns would be more effectively represented by a country like, say, India.
After all, France has what?, 60 million people, while India has over 1 billion.
Aside from making the Security Council more relevant, it would have the added appeal of dissing the French in a way that would truly wound their pride.
There are only 2 problems with this plan: 1) it keeps us involved in the U.N. when I think we should get the helk out; and 2) the same logic could be used for England.
And another thing: We should propose that English or Spanish be used as the international language of diplomacy, rather than French. Have you ever noticed that nothing, absolutely NOTHING sounds manly in French? You simply can't have a masculine sounding sports team in French. But in Spanish, EVERYTHING sounds masculine. Examples:
English: The Bulls
Spanish: Los Toros
French: Les Taureaux
English: The Dodgers
Spanish: Los Trampistas
French: Les Embusqués
In Spanish even laughably feminine names sound good:
English: The Pussycats
Spanish: Los Mininos
French: Les minous
Use Google's Language tools at http://www.google.com/language_tools to try some yourself, and you'll see what I mean.
Je me rends!