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Obama forgets the President of France by vivianc2009-03-23 10:25:09
  What I've read about the letter is: by TechisSO2009-03-23 13:15:53
    If that is true then the Gaffe level is the same by Classic_Jon2009-03-23 13:18:43
      How so? by subbywan2009-03-23 13:20:47
        Is "Chirac, President of the Chirac Foundation" by Classic_Jon2009-03-23 13:28:41
          Either you translated an article from a different by Sharku 2009-03-23 16:22:33
...source, or the Figaro article has been rewritten, because nowhere am I reading that Sarkozy ever even laid eyes on the letter. There's no mention of Sarkozy or anyone else currently connected to the Elysée getting or commenting on the letter. There's not even any mention of how exactly the letter addresses Chirac, could be "Mr. le Président" (either of France or of the Chirac Foundation), could be "Mr. Chirac", could even be "Jacquy-boy".

The Figaro article I'm currently looking at reads:

Barack Obama a écrit à Jacques Chirac

Le président américain vient d'adresser une lettre «très sympathique » à Jacques Chirac, selon l'expression de ce dernier. «Je suis certain que nous pourrons au cours des quatre années à venir collaborer ensemble dans un esprit de paix et d'amitié afin de construire un monde plus sûr» , écrit le successeur de George W. Bush au prédécesseur de Nicolas Sarkozy. En évoquant le mot de « paix», Obama rend un hommage implicite à l'action de l'ancien président français qui s'était opposé à la guerre en Irak. Une intervention américaine contre laquelle le futur président américain s'était opposé comme sénateur, lors du vote au Congrès.

Which translates to:

Barack Obama has written to Jacques Chirac

The American president has written a "very friendly" letter to Jacques Chirac, according to the latter's own words. "I'm certain that in the four years to come we will be able to collaborate in a spirit of friendship and peace in order to build a safer world", writes George W. Bush' successor to Nicolas Sarkozy's predecessor. In using the word "peace", Obama renders implicit homage to the action of the former French president, who was opposed to the war in Iraq. An American intervention against which the future American president was opposed as a senator, according to the vote in Congress.

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            That's kinda what I got with Babelfish by subbywan2009-03-23 16:37:52

 

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