People outside the US are rightly critical of the US government

I don't believe Felix Rohatyn's characterization of Nicolas Sarkozy is very accurate. He speaks of a new France which Sarkozy represents that Americans will find attractive, Americans "worried about their financial security, their physical security and their place in the world." Americans have all rights to be worried after conducting basically unilateral foreign policy over the last fifty years or so. The US government has invaded so many lands, overthrown and undermined so many politicians worldwide and defended the interests of Big Business too many times. People outside the US are rightly critical of the US government.

France should not play a role of kowtowing to American interests, but should promote an independent Europe that will speak with one voice in international affairs. Europe should be a counterweight to the US.