Seriously? A French president who likes George Bush, is talking tough to Iran, and wants quotas on immigrants? Impossible'!
President Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be making his United Nations debut and will show all of us if they French can really step up and make a change. The go-with-the-flow, only-help-if-pushed-around French stereotype may just be shattered by this man. Now for people who don't necessarily like George Bush, the fact that Sarkozy differs with Bush on the issues concerning Global warming may make you happy as well. Our government and many of its people are anxiously waiting to see if this French president can do the walk that he has been talking about. Condoleezza Rice commented on the new French president recently:
"It's an excellent relationship," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday after talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. "I think there are many, many things that France and the United States are going to be able to do together."
What also might make many Americans happy is that many of the French are worried that this President may change much of France's politics to assure a healthy relationship with President Bush. Although this may be good for us, Sarkozy is entering dangerous territory where a less US-dominated world is applauded. Although Bush and Sarkozy will not meet one-on-one, they will see each other at the General Assembly, but they have seen each other about two times and have enjoyed each others company greatly. This companionship with America has greatly annoyed the European public, and the fact that Sarkozy's foreign minister is pro-American is also disturbing the peace. This English-speaking pro-American foreign minister, Kouchner, said that deposing Saddam Hussein wasn't a bad idea, and last week he said that the world should prepare for the possibility of war in Iran.
Now don't get carried away because we know that the French talk a little too much, but I think that this is a great opportunity for America. This opportunity for a true and active alliance is not only good for Republicans, but it is very good for all Americans in general. It never hurts to have friends. So the next time your boycotting your BIC razors, Car & Driver magazine, or Dom Perignon, (grey goose is now 100% US owned so that's still okay), `peut-être penser encore.
President Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be making his United Nations debut and will show all of us if they French can really step up and make a change. The go-with-the-flow, only-help-if-pushed-around French stereotype may just be shattered by this man. Now for people who don't necessarily like George Bush, the fact that Sarkozy differs with Bush on the issues concerning Global warming may make you happy as well. Our government and many of its people are anxiously waiting to see if this French president can do the walk that he has been talking about. Condoleezza Rice commented on the new French president recently:
"It's an excellent relationship," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday after talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. "I think there are many, many things that France and the United States are going to be able to do together."
What also might make many Americans happy is that many of the French are worried that this President may change much of France's politics to assure a healthy relationship with President Bush. Although this may be good for us, Sarkozy is entering dangerous territory where a less US-dominated world is applauded. Although Bush and Sarkozy will not meet one-on-one, they will see each other at the General Assembly, but they have seen each other about two times and have enjoyed each others company greatly. This companionship with America has greatly annoyed the European public, and the fact that Sarkozy's foreign minister is pro-American is also disturbing the peace. This English-speaking pro-American foreign minister, Kouchner, said that deposing Saddam Hussein wasn't a bad idea, and last week he said that the world should prepare for the possibility of war in Iran.
Now don't get carried away because we know that the French talk a little too much, but I think that this is a great opportunity for America. This opportunity for a true and active alliance is not only good for Republicans, but it is very good for all Americans in general. It never hurts to have friends. So the next time your boycotting your BIC razors, Car & Driver magazine, or Dom Perignon, (grey goose is now 100% US owned so that's still okay), `peut-être penser encore.
3 comments:
Cass
i find it actually quite funny that all of a sudden this french dude wants in with america. ok no really, alliances are always beneficial and who can turn them down. In times like these, at war and in great debt, friends are always a good to have. However, the french do talk alot dont they? So who knows what to come of it except to wait and actually see the words being put into action.
While I do agree that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s attempt to reconcile Franco-American ties is promising for the United States, I disagree with the rash generalizations that flow throughout this piece. The U.S. government severed its relationship with France when the French government refused to act as an ally in the War in Iraq. Now, as the War in Iraq is reaching its conclusion, the French president’s attempt to reconcile with the nation, who houses the most powerful military in the world, is only natural. I also feel that the French government’s action in defying its alliance with America already has shattered the “go-with-the-flow, only-help-if-pushed-around” French stereotype mentioned. After all, when pressured by the U.S. government to assist in the war effort, the French government did not “go-with-the-flow” but rather acted towards the nation’s best self-interest. Thus, President Nicolas Sarkozy would not shatter any stereotypes but would rather further the French nation’s notion to act toward its own self-interest. Also, the sweeping generalization that “French talk a little too much” does little to prove that Nicolas Sarkozy is shattering any stereotypes.
casssss! i liked this blog it was pretty funny. anywaysss, i think that it is really good that we are finally creating an alliance with a country that we have had a rocky past with. No one is ever accustomed to change, but i think ultimately people will see the good in this relationship and accept it. I think that it is refreshing to see countries and people get over stereotypes and judgments from events so far in the past.
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