Vote France Off the Island. Why India deserves to be on the Security Council instead of France. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion]
Mr. de Villepin also suggested that Saddam’s government pass “legislation to prohibit the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.” (I am not making this up.) That proposal alone is a reminder of why, if America didn’t exist and Europe had to rely on France, most Europeans today would be speaking either German or Russian.