Charlie Rose

annetravel  09/12/2010 09:41 PM Report

In response to " Disagree", I know the US very well & for me there are 2 Americas, the one I love, kind, spirited, sensitive & more humble. The other America reflects what the gentleman " Disagree" wrote, intolerant, narrow minded, backward, hypocritical, Double Standard. I feel so sorry for this America & For this man. Everything he wrote reflects who he is, " A sad story"

I have met people like him living in a fantasy world!, what a waste. I believe in the US & France, 2 great countries....

Disagree  06/09/2008 04:35 AM Report

@ Gerdes: I don't think the world benefits in any way, shape or form when the French get involved in anything. It is a fact that the French have nothing to offer the world but hypocrisy, backwardness, provincialism, intolerance, double standards, pseudo-intellectualism, insolence etc. Countries that have relied historically on the French have not advanced and are indeed mired in destitution and suffer from intellectual stagnation. French hypocrisy tolerates and even encourages dictatorships, despotism and servitude. They generalize and their rhetoric, vis-a-vis the international community and certain regions, such as the Arab World, is troglodytic, disrespectful, backward, embarrassing, uninformed and almost unlettered. Anglo-Saxon influence, however, has resulted in success stories such as India and to a certain extent, China, which models itself on America. Although the French like to think of themselves as somehow significant in world affairs, I feel it is my duty to point out to you the fact that you cannot and should not play a role. What kind of influence will you inject into the global community? Intolerance? Ignorance? Hypocrisy? Perverse policies vis-a-vis non-Westerners that are reminiscent of the Dark Ages, in the 21st century? Your country is barely functional and yet you wish to play a role in the World? I think Sarkozy serves as a good example of the French and he perfectly embodies what the French represent- failure and thuggery. The intimidation of the helpless, the hypocrisy of politics, the dearth of imagination, humanity and intelligence. No, the world benefits from a stagnant France.

Jean Louis Gerdes  05/20/2007 07:20 PM Report

I have enjoyed the interview with Jim Hoagland and Jane Kramer about Nicolas Sarkozy and France. In the context of the Charlie Rose Show, the most relevent aspect of this discussion ought to be, of course, the relationship between France and the US. I sincerely hope that, now that NS is the new president of France, the relationship between the two countries will greatly improve for the good of, not only France and the US, but indeed for the good of the world in general, for when France and the US are working together, the whole world benefits. The enemies of the US, the enemies of the west and democracy in general just love it when they see the US and France tearing each other apart (like they did during the prelude to the Irak war). Indeed it gives them (the enemies...) justification and courage in ther bad deeds, but when France and the US are united, their sting don't bite as strongly. The rest of the world tends to percieve a division of the west when France and the US are at odd, such a perception is quasi non-existant when the UK and the US see eye to eye, because it is all too natural and cliche for London to be always aligned to Washington. But when Paris and Washington are in the same wave length, it is not so obvious and it has, therefore, a more positive impact on the conflicts and crisis of the world.

John Louis Gerdes  05/20/2007 07:15 PM Report

I have enjoyed the interview with Jim Hoagland and Jane Kramer about Nicolas Sarkozy and France. In the context of the Charlie Rose Show, the most relevent aspect of this discussion ought to be, of course, the relationship between France and the US. I sincerely hope that, now that NS is the new president of France, the relationship between the two countries will greatly improve for the good of, not only France and the US, but indeed for the good of the world in general, for when France and the US are working together, the whole world benefits. The enemies of the US, the west and democracy in general just love it when they see the US and France tearing each other apart (like they did during the prelude to the Irak war). Indeed it gives them (the enemies...) justification and courage in ther bad deeds, but when France and the US are united, their sting don't bite as strongly. The rest of the world tends to percieve a division of the west when France and the US are at odd, such a perception is absent when the UK and the US see eye to eye, because it is all too natural and cliché to see London always aligned to Washington. But when Paris and Washington are in the same wave length, it is not so obvious and it has, therefore, a more positive impact on the conflicts and crisis in the world.