And last year we kept hearing about anti-French sentiment -- how Americans were refusing to buy French products, how some places were re-naming French Fries to Freedom Fries, etc. Some of that did occur -- I got a really good price on two Michelin tires for my wife’s car from a shop that was discontinuing Michelins because they are French. But I checked imported champagne sales during the early days of the Iraq war, and found they were up, when domestic wine sales were down.

America is a diverse country with many differences of opinion; Europe even more so.—Mike