No, i’m on a diet and in any case we call them fritte’s here......

In answer to your question, as far as the French are concerned there was never any animosity toward the U.K. or the U.S. Our elected government simply voiced its opposition to the incursion of Irak’s territory on the grounds of some spurious nonsense.

Suddenly, there were inflammatory articles in the press about how we had forgotten the aid that they had given us in the last war, which was very hurtful because one of the motivating forces against the French getting involved in France was, that as a country who had long suffered under occupation by foreign forces: we, above all recognise Fascism when we see it.

Then everybody stopped buying our wine and cheese etc. etc. blah blah blah; but the upshot of it all is, that our daily lives here are not influenced by the goings on across the Channel or the Atlantic. We love the British and the Americans.We won’t tell you to bugger off when you come on your hols. If the Americans can forgive the Japanese for Pearl harbour and we can forgive the Germans,surely we can be forgiven for not getting involved with a dirty and ignominious war.

Finally, Whatever the reasons Blair and Bush are giving to justify there stay in a country which manifestly does not want their presence or, whatever justifcation the G.I’s have for their failure to familiarise themselves with the language and customs of Irak: I suspect that the anti-French campaign was deliberately orchestrated to generate an anti-European feeling ,because the thought of a strong Europe scares the s**t out of the yanks.