The Chirac Doctrine
by Olivier Guitta
"With just one-fifth the population of the United States, France boasts the world's second largest contingent of diplomats, and its consulates and embassies number just eight fewer than the State Department's 260.[1] The French investment in its foreign ministry is likewise heavy and demonstrates the importance the French government places on French prestige and grandeur. Under President Jacques Chirac, French foreign policy has become increasingly assertive. Francois Heisbourg, director of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (Foundation for Strategic Research), summed up French foreign policy as "oppose just to exist."[2] Such descriptions are not entirely fair, though. While Chirac inherited a French foreign policy already tilted toward the Arab world, his pursuit of close personal ties to Arab leaders and his outreach to Islamists, rejectionist Arab states, and groups considered terrorists by the U.S. government is part of a broader strategy to increase French influence in the region..."
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Now, consider the implications. Chirac, in his Napoleonic zeal to become the most powerful person in Europe, has been instrumental in opening the door to the muslim hordes that now threaten every member of the EU.
No wonder Frere Jacques is so flummoxed at the goings on in France. His lap dog turned out to be a pit bull instead of a bijon frise.