The French actively betrayed us over the past two years. But the French have been undermining us to the best of their ability every since the days of de Gaulle. De Gaulle undermined us even during the Second World War. So perhaps we should not be too surprised at Chirac's betrayal. It's just that France never had such a good chance to betray us earlier.
When france grovels at our feet, begging our forgiveness and asking what they can do to make things right, I might relent in about 1,000 years. IOW, they is nothing they can do to placate me. They'll have to pick a future generation for that.
They french have had contempt for us for the past 300 years and I've finally just had it with them.
"The French actively betrayed us over the past two years."
Nicely documented in:
"The French Betrayal of America"
by Kenneth Timmerman
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400053668/qid=1086664224/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-1571648-9959241?v=glance&s=books