Just in case you were warming up to the French after Sarko’s relatively hawkish turn at the U.N., there’s this from the USA Today story on Polanski:

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called the apprehension a “bit sinister. A man of such talent, recognized in the entire world … all this just isn’t nice.”
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand told French news media, “In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face.”