SARKOZY LEADS FRANCE BACK TO SANITY: REJOINING NATO AND RECOGNIZING GLOBAL TERRORISM AS THREAT #1

BBC:

The main threat facing France is that of terrorism and the country's defence system needs to reflect that, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.

He was presenting a major overhaul of the military which includes cutting more than 50,000 defence jobs and boosting intelligence resources.

Mr Sarkozy confirmed France would soon rejoin the military command of Nato that it left in 1966.

He was outlining his new strategy to some 3,000 senior officers in Paris.

There is no doubt that France's new defence policy bears the stamp of President Nicolas Sarkozy himself, says BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.

He is the most Atlanticist president to occupy the Elysee Palace since the late 1950s, our correspondent adds.

• LEFTISTS EVERYWHERE SHOULD STOP SAYING EUROPE HATES AMERICA AND OUR POLICIES, AND THAT AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY WOULD WIN US BACK MORE EUROPEAN FRIENDS.
• EUROPE IS IN FACT CATCHING UP TO BUSH AND THE USA.
• IT'S LONG OVER DUE, BUT WELCOME.
• AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY WOULD BE A SETBACK IN OUR RELATIONS WITH EUROPE AND A SETBACK IN THE GWOT.

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