I see.
You’d prefer the French not have a carrier battle group there.
You’d prefer, instead, that they be actively trying to set up an alliance of Russia, China, the Arab League and the UN against any action against Iran.
You’d rather have fresh grounds to hate France anew than to win with the French on your side.
No, you are reading things into my comments that are not implied by them or presupposed by them (that’s understandable in light of many things expressed about France on this site, but I am far from one of the haters). If France wants to cooperate now, I welcome it... I simply don’t trust it (maybe things will be different if/when Sarkozy wins, we’ll see). I’m not one of the “haters” of all things French on this site, I merely detest (most of the time) their government and foreign policy. I wish they were a consistent ally and not such a fickle, too often antagonistic ally. But when they come through with some decent behavior I am happy to applaud it.... I only wish it were more frequent and consistent.