Spy vs. Spy

The Khaleej Times reports today that it seems the French government is involved in yet another controversial issue being dubbed the "Watergate of France". French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is being accused of spying on a member of his own party; in fact it is his own Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. While Watergate involved Republicans spying on Democrats, this scandal involves two candidates looking to succeed Jacques Chirac for centre-right control of the French presidency. De Villepin was looking into allegations that Sarkozy received any part of $2.8 billion in kickbacks from the sale of goods to Taiwan back in 1991. While De Villepin claims that he is innocent and is actually a victim in this investigation himself, this only further confirms Ramble On's theory of France. Not only are they intolerant, arrogant, and eternally set on living in the past, but the last year or so has proven that their government has just as many problems as we do, yet the still insist on proclaiming the superiority of French culture especially against our own American style. Ramble On offers this bit of advice to France: start worrying about planks before attacking the splinters.