Ms. Rice also explained why she chose Paris considering the rift over Iraq between the two nations. "This is a deep broad and active relationship that is very effective on world peace," she said. "When we disagree, we still disagree as friends."

Not according to the dolts who "researched," created and passed around this piece of unbelievably ignorant crap*. I suspect it was written and disseminated by American "patriots"; patriots in the sense of people who love their country but only if it means that they're the only ones who get a say in what their country should be like.

_{*It's categorized under "Jokes" at about.com, but I've seen people use that list as a sincere rallying cry for French-bashing. There are plenty of things we can bash the French for without making crap like this up. Sheesh.}