"I never understood why we had to fight with the United States," Sarkozy told business leaders Tuesday night; "I never got it"

Nicolas Sarkozy's warm embrace of America on Wednesday did much to improve a relationship his "sophisticated" predecessor had trashed

editorializes Investor's Business Daily, which also carries Nicolas Sarkozy's speech… IBD goes on to say that

Though there's no reason to doubt Sarkozy's sincerity, his approach also is pragmatic. Ending perceptions that America is a "hegemon" whose strength comes only at the expense of others, is a ridiculous reading of the U.S. to which only Europe's elite could cling.