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Thursday, October 14, 2004

Kerry's Imaginary History - Insight on the News - Commentary

Kerry's Imaginary History - Insight on the News - Commentary: "Anyone who knows anything about de Gaulle should fully understand
this. The man was many things, but a starry-eyed idealist he was not. Neither was he particularly dedicated to the maintenance of good relations between France and the United States, as demonstrated by his decision three years later to withdraw France from the NATO military command and to order US troops off French soil, causing Secretary of State Dean Rusk to bitterly ask, 'does that include the dead Americans in military cemeteries as well?'"

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