New French President offers Foreign Minister job to prominent socialist anti-American

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Nicolas Sarkozy, the right-wing reformer who becomes French President on Wednesday, upset both the United States and his opponents yesterday by offering the job of Foreign Minister to a Socialist veteran with anti-American credentials.

Hubert Védrine, 59 — a former senior aide to the late President Mitterrand — who served as Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2002, was considering the proposal yesterday.

The prospect of Mr Védrine running foreign policy has infuriated the beleaguered Socialists and amazed the diplomatic world because he is the architect of a doctrine for containing what he called the abusive “steamroller” of American power. His views on “the hyperpower” — the term that he coined in the 1990s — would appear to conflict with Mr Sarkozy’s pro-Atlantic views.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle1784811.ece

[Anais Nin 0]

This is good news. Mr Vedrine will act as a moderating influence on Sarkozy, and resist America's plans for further aggression.

And with the outgoing British lapdog, Blair, hopefully Brown will unite with the Europeans and act to further contain American aggression and terrorism.

[Portlander 0]

I'd like to say that AMERICANS are containing their aggression, but with Bush still running amok and Congress still gutless I'm afraid its simply not true.

[homesick_american 1]

This is good news. Mr Vedrine will act as a moderating influence on Sarkozy, and resist America's plans for further aggression.

And with the outgoing British lapdog, Blair, hopefully Brown will unite with the Europeans and act to further contain American aggression and terrorism.

ROFLMAO

Socialists are amusing. As if the French are completely innocent and never do anything naughty anywhere on planet Earth. So naive.

[mawilson 2,133]

This is good news. Mr Vedrine will act as a moderating influence on Sarkozy, and resist America's plans for further aggression.

And with the outgoing British lapdog, Blair, hopefully Brown will unite with the Europeans and act to further contain American aggression and terrorism.

ROFLMAO

Socialists are amusing. As if the French are completely innocent and never do anything naughty anywhere on planet Earth. So naive.

Just ignore him/her. Anais is a sewer troll spewing hateful anti-American vitriol all day long.

[sereia 0]

everyone on the anti bush/anti american bandwagon..... whatever happened to the french, dutch, and british? they sure screwed the world up a lot more than we ever did.........guess thats old news and now its more fun to hate someone else!

[homesick_american 1]

everyone on the anti bush/anti american bandwagon..... whatever happened to the french, dutch, and british? they sure screwed the world up a lot more than we ever did.........guess thats old news and now its more fun to hate someone else!

We have a LONG way to go to match the former European colonial powers...definitely.

[Otto 83]

This is good news. Mr Vedrine will act as a moderating influence on Sarkozy, and resist America's plans for further aggression.

And with the outgoing British lapdog, Blair, hopefully Brown will unite with the Europeans and act to further contain American aggression and terrorism.

[Ban Hammer 14,456]

snag!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

everyone on the anti bush/anti american bandwagon..... whatever happened to the french, dutch, and british? they sure screwed the world up a lot more than we ever did.........guess thats old news and now its more fun to hate someone else!

Given that neoconservative Republicans have not been shy about throwing vitriol at the French, can you really blame them for doing this?

France is about as nationalistic as the US.

[almaty 19]

Nicolas Sarkozy, the right-wing reformer who becomes French President on Wednesday, upset both the United States and his opponents yesterday by offering the job of Foreign Minister to a Socialist veteran with anti-American credentials.

Hubert Védrine, 59 — a former senior aide to the late President Mitterrand — who served as Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2002, was considering the proposal yesterday.

The prospect of Mr Védrine running foreign policy has infuriated the beleaguered Socialists and amazed the diplomatic world because he is the architect of a doctrine for containing what he called the abusive “steamroller” of American power. His views on “the hyperpower” — the term that he coined in the 1990s — would appear to conflict with Mr Sarkozy’s pro-Atlantic views.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle1784811.ece

wow, i was starting to wonder about the french..all is well in the world again

[Anais Nin 0]

I'd like to say that AMERICANS are containing their aggression... simply not true.

Not from the footage I've seen.

An Illegal War in Iraq.

Bombing the homes of little old ladies. Have you seen how Amerikan weapons rip apart the bodies of children when they strike? This looks like aggression.

So, apparently Amerikans are anti-war now? Is this because they care for the Iraqi people, or is it really because you're losing another war?

What about reparations? Amerikan war crimes? International Law?

[JoeMama 0]

Just ignore him/her. Anais is a sewer troll spewing hateful anti-American vitriol all day long.

It makes you wonder, why in the hell someone like that would want to live in a country he detests so badly? Let alone marrying one of it's citizens! And then possibly, having American-born offspring! I see the resentment of those future American children toward that parent coming on like a locomotive going non-stop knocking him back to his country. Where he will spend his days trying to figure out why his children don't call him!

[Anais Nin 0]

Just ignore him/her. Anais is a sewer troll spewing hateful anti-American vitriol all day long.

It makes you wonder, why in the hell someone like that would want to live in a country he detests so badly? Let alone marrying one of it's citizens! And then possibly, having American-born offspring! I see the resentment of those future American children toward that parent coming on like a locomotive going non-stop knocking him back to his country. Where he will spend his days trying to figure out why his children don't call him!

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[tiano 0]

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