[lonevoice]

The charm offensive partly springs from a growing feeling in Paris that Mr Bush may not be defeated by the Francophile Democrat John Kerry in November.

Bwahahaha! Great line.

[Carolinamom]

We helped them and shed our blood for their liberation. They chose not to help us. Now, they want to horn in and reap $$$. Effete, ungrateful b**t**ds.

[vigilence]

They "seek a return to the shared values of the old alliance"....let's see, the same allieance that , beginning with De Gaulle, shunned any co-operative effort to present a united front on the eve of 6/6/45...insisted on leading the way into Paris after Americans fought our way to the city limits...disallowed U.S. military bases in their country during the cold war...disallowed flight space to our F-111's when Reagan gave Quadaffi his comeuppance...and, not even mentioning WWI when we rescued them from the Hun the first time. Amazing short memories for these French communists. It's been a one sided effort since Yorktown.