The Gauls, de Gaulle, the Gall: the story told of Franco-American friendship is a nice story. But it's just a story.(John F. Kerry's views on relations between United States, France)

From: National Review | Date: October 25, 2004| Author: Miller, John J.; Molesky, Mark | Copyright information

IN the first presidential debate, John Kerry repeated an old story. During the Cuban missile crisis, he said, President Kennedy dispatched his secretary of state to France, where his envoy met Charles de Gaulle and offered to show him satellite photos of Soviet missile sites. But the French president wasn't interested in looking at the images. "The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me," said de Gaulle. Then Kerry delivered his punch line: "How many leade...

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