Comments on: France Elects U.S.-Friendly Conservative

Nicolas Sarkozy Vows Economic Reform, Improved Ties With U.S.

[vincicom]

I'm French ... so excuse my english ! USA is a great country but with some bad aspects ! That's not because you free Europe that you are for the rest of time the only country than we have to love ! If USA has come in Europe and in France, that is also because there are a lot of advantage for you : money, capitalism/liberalism, to sell your movies, your music, etc ... It was not a gift and a "moment of pleasure" for you : that was also to beat the Nazis ( they had started a big big country ) and to beat the Soviets ! Although, sometimes we love to hate you, I can say than the reste of time, for a large part of us, we love your lifestyle ! If the USA goes to Iraq, that is also because there are petroleum to "rob" ! Another bad aspect : you want that Europe and France follow you every time, but you do nothing for thank us ! You cheat when a buyers want fighter aircrafts ( Singapor, UK, ... ), you do anything to block Airbus ( A380 ), etc ... our friendship is not "free" ! You should be more open with your allies and less cheating if you want that we love you more ! Lot of people ask just that you be less aggressive and that you take our opinions from time to time !

[wayfedup]

Unlike Turkey where you can be held in jail for long periods of time without counsel,

We DO THIS NOW, thanks to Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rice/Rumsfeld&Co.!!!!

[rhs648]

Why not cry over the presidential election of 1812. There have been many contested elections and all kinds of games played including the counting of deceased persons and their votes. Crying over the past doesn't solve today's problems.

[rhs648]

Self-hate is something Americans have to take a close look at. To hear some, we are the root of all evil. There is no other country that offers greater freedom, greater individual rights, and more opportunity. Do we have faults? Of course we do. Unlike Turkey where you can be held in jail for long periods of time without counsel, we provide rights greater than any other country. In spite of mistakes, we are still the greatest and most powerful country in the worls. Just ask illegal immigrants who risk life and limb to be here.

[retmilspouse]

tmonta1,
Since you are into correcting others mistakes, that would be a gleam in our eye not a "beam" genius. And the only problem we have in the USA is with people like you who think that we are the problem in the worlds troubles. When in fact we are the one that every other country turns to for help, advice and of course monetary support. That is because we are the most generours with our time, talents and pocketbooks. Take your whinning somewhere else and to quote fredgrad2000 "...if you hate your nation so much, and consider us such a tyrannical place now, LEAVE!!"

[rhs648]

Some will be upset with a French President who is favorable to the United States. This is apt to upset Americans who believe we are responsible for the world's problems. If charity begins at home, we must pursue policies that support our interests. Believe it or not, this is what other countries do.

[processor2]

The BIG liberal LIE is that Bush has taken away freedoms/rights????
TOTAL B.S. I'm just as free today as I was 7 years ago. Liberals are nuts

If you want to ask anybody about losing their civil rights, just ask the survivors of Waco from the 1990's.

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[processor2]

The big liberal lie is that Bush has taken away freedoms/rights????
TOTAL B.S. I'm just as free today as I was 7 years ago. Liberals are nuts

If you want to ask anybody about losing their civil rights, just ask the survivors of Waco from the 1990's.

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[fredgrad2000]

tmonta - America IS still the protector of freedom in this world and the country that has liberated more people from tyranny than all others COMBINED. The French themselves would be either Nazis or Soviets if it hadn't been for us throughout the 20th Century. We have NOT surrendered any essential freedoms during the Bush administration, that's standard MoveOn.org talking points right there, not fact. Only to the looney left who don't believe we're actually in a war do the necessary policies we have adopted in legislation like the Patriot Act (which are far less restricting than those in Britain and other European countries) constitute "giving up our freedoms"...if you hate your nation so much, and consider us such a tyrannical place now, LEAVE!!

[tmonta1]

First of all, it's Chirac, not Shirac. Secondly, he was never a socialist but of the UMP party (that's right-wing; socialists are on the LEFT). Thirdly, the poster obviously has no inkling of French mentality, culture, or politics but seems to be knee-jerking in reaction to a single press article.

And finally, America has given up so much freedom under the Bush administration that it is ludicrous--even delusional-- to suggest that the notion of 'truly valuing' freedom is one still held in the USA. We are in no position to hold ourselves up as examples or to lecture other nations on their systems or purported shortcomings.

High time this country took the beam out of its own eye before arrogantly gloating at the specks in others'.

[pwrslm]

Looks like the little duckies are lining up behind the USA after all.

Shirac was a socialists, so this will be a breath of fresh air to the French who truely value freedom.