"Chad Irby" a écrit dans le message de
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Are you seriously denying that there was a French bashing campaign in
the US?

Yes. There was not, by any stretch, a campaign to bash the French for
their pathetic actions of this year.

Call me paranoid, but despite your denials I'm not so sure the French
bashing was not somewhat fueled by convenient "official source" leaks
(remember the helicopter parts, the passports, the missiles?) and high rank
official statements. Anyway, be it organized or not, it's more the extent of
the phenomenon that gives the impression of a campaign.

The French got bashed, for sure, but it was not anything like a
"campaign," and not that common, compared to the official French line of
portraying the US as an evil empire in the making.

There is not (and never was), by any stretch, an official French line of
portraying the US as an evil empire. Seriously. I don't intend to play the
French gvt's advocate but you can take any declaration you'd like, you won't
find any offensive statement. On the other hand, who talked about
punishment? Which country representatives, at national, state or local
levels, isssued statements and decrees to harm the other's interests (and
I'm not only refering to the stupid "Freedom fries" incident)?

It's true a part of the French press (and therefore of the public opinion)
is usually very critic of the American policy, be it foreign, concerning
environmental issues or other fields (just like is a part of the US press
itself), but you won't find American *bashing* in it.

ArVa