French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially dubbed Sarko the American for his pro-U.S. stance, is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.Stung by perceived snubs from U.S. President Barack Obama and encouraged by the growing importance of the G20, Sarkozy is increasingly reaching out to non-aligned states in an effort to extend France's international influence.
He has forged especially close ties with Brazil, is seeking alliances in central Asia and is intensifying his activities in the Middle East, using multi-billion dollar military and civilian nuclear trade deals as his calling card.
These initiatives are being played out against a discordant tone in Franco-American relations. This lack of harmony does not constitute a crisis, but is nonetheless raising eyebrows.
"Sarkozy has clearly been thrown off course in his relations with America," said Didier Billion, a senior researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS).
See, Gordon, Nick and Roger need to understand what they need to do to get some love from Obama. I'm going to lay it out for them here.
1) Start a military coup and start raping and pillaging some banana republic.
2) Get a photo op with Fidel and Hugo.
3) Send some enriched uranium to Mamoud with a card that reads "thought you could use this".
4) Help the Palestinians launch a few rockets into Israel.
5) Go to the UN and condemn the US for it's imperial ambitions throughout the world.
Do those things, and you'll get a visit from the Billary in about three days. Then, about week after that, Obama will show up with his entourage to let you know how wonderful it is for you to know him.
Otherwise, you going to have to settle with a bad collection of DVD's from Walmart and stale donuts in the White House press room.
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