Actually, I was thinking purely of Chirac seeking closer relations with Chavez to grease the skids, so to speak, in the hope of acquiring oil through less than legitimate channels (OK, legitimate is a stretch) by bypassing OPEC.
This isn't to defend the French, but I don't think pure anti-Americanism is behind this. Yes, it's a tangential benefit that it pisses us off, but I think at the base of this is good, old fashioned greed. It's the same reason the French were neck deep into Iraq. They have this mistaken belief that access to oil will allow them to catch and eventually surpass America as an economic power. Chirac didn't get the memo that Socialism is, was and always will be a massive failure.
As an added benefit to the US, the French will eventually pay the price for selling their souls in a vain attempt to knock us off the top of the economic heap.
I think we need to make the Anarchist's Cookbook widely available for assorted nut jobs everywhere. The recipes are the most unstable way possible to build a bomb. As long as neighbors aren't harmed in the process, it's an easy way to eliminate extremists of all breeds.
It is my understanding that REALISTIC environmentalists have said the small area slated for drilling wouldn't permanently harm wildlife. I love animals, and heck, polar bear cubs are darn cute. But we need to find as much domestic oil as we can. Yes, conservation of oil is important. But it can't come close to solving all our problems. The more oil we produce the weaker OPEC's stranglehold becomes.
Here's hoping psuedo-scientific Dems don't try to stop sensible policy.
You can hear the conniptions the libs are going into at the thought they might not have footage of Delay being booked. Here's hoping a few burst a blood vessel.