Opinion Forum

Michelle and Carla

June 8th, 2009

There are rumors that Barack Obama and Nicholas Sarkozy don’t like each other. The Obamas go to Paris and spend the night near the Sarkozys’ modest residence, but they don’t dine with them. The Obamas go out to dinner in Paris, but Nicky and Carla don’t go along. That’s strange, considering that Nicky is the local sheriff. Maybe there’s a reason they don’t get along. I’m not saying that the photo at left means anything. And quoting Jerry Seinfeld, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that….”

But then there’s this other photo…. Maybe Michelle has figured out that Carla can’t be trusted, that she’s not the “friend” she professed to be, that she can’t be counted on when the going gets rough. So to speak. But that’s understandable. She wouldn’t be the first American to discover, to her disappointment, that the French can’t be trusted, that they’re the most fickle of friends. And allies.