[Polybius]

French officials said they did not want to cancel the flights but had bowed to the Bush Administration. “They really put us under pressure,” said one official.

Sheeesh! As if the French had a $#@&*^# choice.

The U.S. Government, not French bureaucrats, decides which aircraft will be allowed to enter U.S. airspace.

It's as simple as that. We say, "No". They don't do it. End of discussion.

If the French had not "bowed", they would have had to deal with these guys.

F-15 Eagles from the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Fighter Wing flying a combat air patrol mission over the Atlantic Ocean in support of Operation Noble Eagle.

[desertcry]

I won't be flying air france for a very long time. Those F15s are very scary.

[Ethyl]

If the French had not "bowed", they would have had to deal with these guys.

Since the french DID bow to the US, they WILL have to deal with thier muslim friends as to why they cancelled the flights. HAHAHA, I would love to be a fly on the wall in that discussion. Beware, America, it will happen again, with friends like the fwenchies.

[Just Lori]

Touche'! (OMG, that's French, isn't it?)