Re. the "world hates America" story all over the news yesterday:
Tim Blair kindly provides more proof that the international/nation press are wankers. VLWC - or mindless, bitter, partisan lemmings - you be the judge.
"Although anti-US sentiment has waned since March in the 20 countries surveyed.... "
The world LIKES us MORE today than it did before the war.
Chirac is a frustrated but committed socialist, the economic and cultural turmoil in his own country stands as testimony to that failed ideal. It is no secret his vision for France is to be the counter-balance to American influence in Europe and throughout the world. It is for this very reason that he spearheaded the campaign to sidetrack the American led initiative to confront Saddam Hussein, that, and to cover-up the fact that his administration had been illegally doing business with the brutal dictators regime despite UN sanctions forbidding it. His sentiment is devoutly anti-American while his resolve is weak. He allows himself to be viewed by the world as a leader who only stands on the soapbox of opinion while no one of influence is in his proximity.