Japan Supported Coalition Efforts Against Hussein's Regime Which Should Reflect Well on Nissan
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| According to Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn calls for a boycott of Nissan have been hitting Internet chat rooms. (Photo: Nissan) |
Whether or not you are for the Iraq war or against, the French, the major opponents to any corrective action taking place to thwart Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule over the Iraqi people, are looking like mud.
There's nothing particularly wrong with an unbiased government attempting to influence U.N. members to vote in a specific direction, but being that France has even recently enjoyed a privileged relationship with the politically incorrect ex-regime at the center of this controversy, reportedly striking exclusive and especially lucrative deals for its Elf petroleum company to name one, it not only should be silent regarding U.S. foreign policy but run out of the U.N. itself.
But, of course, it has done nothing of the sort. And for this reason the French economy, once benefiting from its relations with Saddam, is now feeling the backlash of an angry United States of America. French wine is being poured down America's collective drain, fromage stale dating on the shelves of supermarkets and deep fried potato strips now dubbed Freedom Fries.
While that last item might be taking things a little too far, it is a good example of the animosity American's are feeling for Parisians, and the like. For this reason Nissan Motor Co. is keeping silent regarding its strong connection to its largest shareholder, Renault SA. To its credit, Japan, Nissan's point of origin, was in support of the coalition forces facing down Hussein's regime.