The Sane French - While

The Sane French - While I've had my "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey" moments with the French, and I and many Americans have rightly pointed out the fact that French foreign policy is at odds with ours because, though they're a weak, sclerotic nation, they still feel powerful.

Still, more French are with us than against us, according to a Le Monde poll. 34% of the French back us in Iraq, while 25% support Iraq, with 31% neutral.

A stunning victory? Hardly, but a plurality (and not much different than our last gubernatorial election, actually).

This is all by way of saying; our stereotype of the French "America-hating coward" is no more accurate than the sneering Frog intelligentisa's slurs about cowboys and ugly Americans. Stereotypes exist for a reason - but as in all questions, there's more to it than surface indicators and satisfying one-liners.