Re: French Join In on Anti-France Bandwagon

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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104229,00.html
>
> French Join In on Anti-France Bandwagon
>
> Thursday, November 27, 2003
> By Greg Palkot
> PARIS  - France's opposition to military action in Iraq sparked a backlash
> around the globe, but criticism of the country is now coming from an
> unlikely source - the French themselves.
>
> In the last few months, there have been a slew of books published in the
> country slamming French policy with titles that translate to: "The
Arrogant
> French," "The French in Disarray," and "France in Free-Fall."
>
> "France has a great obstructive power, destructive power and this is very
> dangerous for France itself," said Andre Glucksmann, author of "West
Versus
> West."
>
> Readers are snapping up books that question whether or not the policies of
> French president Jacques Chirac (search) are hurting their homeland.
>
> "A great many French officials hoped that we would fail in Iraq," said
> Richard Perle (search), former chairman of the Defense Policy Board
> (search).
>
> "With the help from the United Nations and the European Union, Chirac
wants
> to revive France's glory days, an effort that some wonder if he's
> overreaching."
>
> France's policies on war aren't the country's only controversial decisions
> these days. Protests by workers are frequent and a worrying wave of
> anti-Semitism is spreading.
>
> "There are a number of challenges," said Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, author of
"An
> Alliance at Risk: The United States and Europe Since September 11." "The
> question is whether the government is going to wake up to those
challenges."
>
Anyone else notice that in the whole of France, they could chose to report
the views of a few jews? Oh yes, and the American jew Perle.