Posted on 08/11/2007 10:51:49 AM PDT by mdittmar
US President George W. Bush and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy affirmed their countries' friendship Saturday ahead of a casual lunch that could signal a new era of closer ties.
Both leaders stressed their common bond but acknowledged that they had their differences, following tensions between Bush and Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac which arose from differences over the Iraq war.
"For around 250 years France and the United States have been allies and friends," Sarkozy said as he arrived at Bush's family holiday compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
"When we see, on the edge of the Atlantic, all the cemeteries with white crosses, those are the young Americans who came to die for us. That is more important than Mr. Sarkozy and Mr. Bush," he said.
"So do we agree on everything? No. Because in a family we can have disagreements. But we are the same family, that is the truth," he said.
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France can help us surrender.
Bush on Putin:
“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue.”
“I was able to get a sense of his soul.”
“He’s a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that’s the beginning of a very constructive relationship.”
Makes me want to gag. Bush isn’t the best judge of character.
Maybe it’s the other way around - maybe the French electorate saw the error of their ways and after all the Muslim riots decided that liberalism isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
What is funny to me is after Kerry and his buddies telling us that we needed to be more like the French then the French went and decided to be a little more like us.
Wow, this guy is a REAL fence mender, the likes we have not seen from Frence since de Gaulle kicked out the US in the late 1960s.
Are we sure this guy is not just building us up for ANOTHER big heave-ho a couple of years down the road?
Right about the time the Muslim minority declares shar’ia law and establishes the French caliphate.
He goes overboard trying to see the good in every person. lots of wishful thinking
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