We Can Eat French Fries Again!
"France, toughening its position against Iran, said on Thursday that European companies should be told not to seek new markets and to reduce their investments there.
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s spokesman said such measures were being considered because it could take time for the UN Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against Teheran.
France is pushing for all European Union countries to advise their companies against bidding for contracts in Iran and to reduce their investments there.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said France wants the EU to pass its own sanctions against Iran, in parallel to those it is pushing for at the United Nations Security Council, because Iran refuses to suspend uranium enrichment."
Here's how you know they're doing something RIGHT!Iran: “France Becoming Anathema To The Islamic World”
From the Tehran Times, an official mouthpiece of the Iraninan government:
The French regard themselves as a major European power, and French governments have never kowtowed to the White House, regardless of whether rightists like General de Gaulle or Jacques Chirac occupied the Elysee Palace or leftists like François Mitterrand.
But it seems that the French tradition is being abandoned by Nicolas Sarkozy — who himself had promised that Paris would maintain its stance of independence from Washington during his election campaign.
Since Sarkozy took office last spring, the French government has drastically changed its position.
It began when Sarkozy traveled to the U.S. to spend his vacation at the U.S. president’s family compound to emphasize the strength of Paris-Washington ties. [This one is funny! The left-wing media needs to stop contradicting themselves! Haven't they told us repeatedly since 2000 that Dubya's dumber than a box of rocks? Now he's some sort of Svengali!]
After the French president’s cordial meeting with the Bush family, the first visit to post-occupation Baghdad by a French foreign minister occurred.
Ironically, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who was the cofounder of the international humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), initially opposed the Iraq war.
However, in a complete turnaround, Kouchner traveled to Baghdad to show France’s approve of the U.S. policy in Iraq, which seems to indicate that Paris may be destined to pass London in the race to be the main U.S. lapdog." [It couldn't be that they are seeing the positive difference America is making in behalf of a Western way of life, could it? NAH!]
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