Gordon lectures on U.S.-France relations in light of Iraq events

Gordon began his speech with metaphor for Franco-American relations as a marriage headed for divorce. Gordon characterized the “ad-hoc cooperation” as a date. In the 1930s France was, according to Gordon, the strongest nation on Earth. Mr. Gordon pointed out that in the first half of this century, Paris was the mecca of literature, fine arts and fashion. France’s colonies lay scattered across the globe and had the most powerful army in the world. Mr. Gordon noted that “structural tensions” bet