An interesting article about France's relation to the current international scene...

in particular, this :

] France's policy is not determined by a desire to counter the
] Americans, but by a deep-seated mistrust, inspired by French
] history, of any excessive concentration of international power.

I don't know enough about French history and politics to *know* that this is true, but it seems right, and sounds reasonable to me...

IHT: Americans are wrong to vilify the French