France's newfound backbone

I'm still surprised at France's demonstration of strength and leadership. It has been so long. BBC:

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear programme.

"We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," Mr Kouchner said in an interview on French TV and radio.

Mr Kouchner said negotiations with Iran should continue "right to the end", but an Iranian nuclear weapon would pose "a real danger for the whole world".

Of course Iran can't have nukes. Countries run by radical, insane Muslims won't get the bomb as long as one strong country has a rational foreign policy.

Socialists like to show us through their near total control of the media (Fox News offering the only mainstream look at non-socialist thinking) that all things socialist are good. This means taking the side of anyone or any country standing against capitalism. You've seen this in the media: they're quick to point out the virtues of Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba, just as they're quick to point out one fault after another of our own country. Michael Moore is just the film version of CNN or The New York Times.

Yet, all of the following occurred after the Iraq War began:

1. Right-wing John Howard re-elected in Australia

2. Centrist war supporter Tony Blair re-elected in the UK.

3. War supporter Koizumi re-elected in Japan.

4. Canada, of all countries, elects a right-wing leader.

5. Germany elects a right-wing leader.

6. George Bush re-elected.

This tells me there is a vast difference (not to be confused with vas deferens) between what the media wants us to believe and what we, the people, actually believe.