Well, I think that you are right about that. I think that it's important that when we begin a bash we get all our facts straight, otherwise we look like the loons over at DU. On yesterday's rather lengthy thread on this subject, I posted that the Christian Science Monitor on line was saying that Obama was replying to a letter from Chirac about his newly formed foundation. I know that we think that Obama is a fool, but that explanation makes more sense to me.
A Head of State does not formally offer an alliance to a foreign non-government group