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Neither is Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer's "Why The French Act Isn't Funny Anymore." In that July 6 piece, he said, in part, "[French President Jacques] Chirac wants not only to make France the champion of the oppressed, in general, against the great American hegemon but also to make it, in particular, the champion of Arab aspirations against American imperialism . . . Chirac is charting a course-a collision course with America." France is now America's enemy. It has been for some years. Indeed, it is red with frustration over its continuing irrelevance and impotence in Europe and the world. And besides being envious about America's position of power and influence, France is genuinely deluded about becoming a world super-power.

p>But the French seem culturally and psychologically stuck with being contrarians and pompous horses' patoots, though now very dangerous ones. br> -- C. Kenna Amos Jr. br> Princeton, West Virginia /p> p> That rude Lance Armstrong had better not apply for a French visa! br> -- Jack Hughes br> Chicago, Illinois /p> p> PENALTY KICKS br> Re: Eric Anest's Soccer Thugs

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