Sunday, July 29, 2007

MAYBE NOT SO COZY WITH SARKOZY. In the middle of Iran, 2; Israel 0, Caroline Glick notes:
Israel hoped that with Nicholas Sarkozy's victory in the presidential race, France would take a more pro-Israel stance. Unfortunately, the opposite occurred. Sarkozy has warmed French ties with the Iranian-Syrian-Hizbullah axis. Sarkozy legitimized all three when he invited Hizbullah representatives to participate in talks he held with Lebanese factions outside of Paris this month.

Additionally, early this month France led 10 EU member states in meddling in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The foreign ministers of these largely Mediterranean EU member states sent a letter to Quartet envoy Tony Blair, demanding, among other things, that Israel agree to the deployment of international forces in Judea and Samaria, and that Hamas be invited to participate in an international conference on the issue.
Let's face it: no country sees Israel as a friend or ally--merely as an interest.
And interests wane...and change.

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2 comments:

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Clearly Sarko must show to the world in general and his French audience in particular that he overcame the Jooish blood in his veins.

Daled Amos said...

And he's been doing a good job.