From NPR, an interview with Bernard Kouchner (and more from Der Spiegel). He talks a good talk, but it is harder to say what the policies of France's new foreign minister will add up to. It used to be that France would respond with a predictable "non" to any saber-rattling coming out of the US. Now, though, Paris seems eager to lead the way and has taken clear aim at Iran (more). From Le Figaro, Andre Glucksmann: "You said 'war', Mr Kouchner, and you were not mistaken". From Mute, why the endo-colonial guerrilla warfare in the peripheries of French society is a dangerous piece of political myth making. Ready or not, France opens museum on immigration. Parisian attitudes toward the sporting life turn up in politics, philosophy, and what fashionable joggers choose to wear for "le running". Here are 30 reasons why we hate the French.
