France Eyes 'New Alliance with White House Baded on Mutual Respect, Which Is Not Allegiance?

Huh? Since which has the French government respected ANYONE? How can we even use the terms French and respect in the same sentence without laughing? Just ask any of the former French colonies whether their French masters RESPECTED them.

Could the Liberation be talking about themselves? A "handful of ideologues hungry for adventure by deaf to the planet..?" Come on. Refer back to paragraphh one. France, who do you respect? No one in Europe, or anywhere else in the world, feels your respect.

The Left-wing newspaper Libération yesterday said that victory for Mr Bush would maintain America as an arrogant, imperialistic super-power guided by "a handful of ideologues hungry for adventure but deaf to the planet". Putting Mr Kerry in the White House would "perhaps" mean a more multilateral approach.

Will Mr. Kerry go hat in hand looking for the "respect of the French?" They are under the impression that he will.

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