21-Apr-12 World View-Russia's relationship w/ Syria deepens

[John]

21-Apr-12 World View -- Russia's relationship with Syria deepens as the West dithers

Nicolas Sarkozy faces reelection battle in France on Sunday

** 21-Apr-12 World View -- Russia's relationship with Syria deepens as the West dithers
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 21#e120421



Contents:
Hundreds of thousands protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt
Convinced that West won't intervene, Russia's involvement with Syria deepens
Nicolas Sarkozy faces reelection battle in France on Sunday


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Salafists,
Muslim Brotherhood, 6 April Youth Movement,
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, SCAF,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Russia, Gazprom,
France, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande

[Trevor]

If the Socialists take power in France, I wonder how much things will change. Likely not much in terms of government or their financial crisis, but one thing that could shift is their feelings towards the United States. Sarkozy is relatively friendly to the United States and he's received severe criticism for that position.

[Raynote]

Unfortunately French people on the whole don't like the USA. Quite irrationnaly, I must add. So much so that a French writer wrote a book about it in which he analyses the phenomenon. It's called "L'obsession anti-américaine" and the author is Jean-François Revel. But maybe you've heard about it or even read it.