France says it is victim of smear campaign
Perhaps the French would be better served by taking responsibility for their own duplicity and self-interest when it comes to Iraq. It is entirely possible that the US government has been trying to smear the French government, but if so, it's not as if the French didn't provide the ammunition.
The French government lays out its claim in a letter written by the French ambassador to the United States, according to a French diplomat familiar with its contents.
The letter was to have been delivered to the White House and members of Congress Thursday.
"This is not acceptable," said one French diplomat. France "does not consider it a policy, but considers that some people have done some damage to the relationship."
One U.S. official involved in national security matters said the French claim was baseless.
"There are a lot of things we don't like, and we have not been shy about that," said the U.S. official. "But there is no campaign against the French."
It's time for the French to own up to their owned failed policies and their failed attempts to undermine American efforts in Iraq. Perhaps if they admitted to the reality of their behavior, we could all eventually forgive and move on.
At this point, I'm guessing that the only anti-French campaign is what France has brought upon themselves through their own duplicity and underhandedness. France has become the equivalent of what Jordan was in the 1991 Gulf War: a tired, desperate nation that backed the wrong horse for the wrong reasons. At least Jordan was realistic enough to admit it's mistake. Apparently, the French government continues to be blinded by it's own arrogance.
