Obama's only "Dear Friend" Abroad

 Today President Nicholas Sarkozy picked the sort of Washington D.C exacta that tourists dream of:  a half-smoke for lunch at the iconic Ben's Chili Bowl and with dinner with the Obama's in the Presidential Quarter's in the White House 

While the relationship between the two men has certainly cooled since both men's presidency's were being described as "historic" (Sarkozy's parents were Polish immigrants and the first such President of France). Like it or not "Sarko" or "Le Americaine" if you prefer is Obama's only best friend abroad.

Compare: Obama's relationship  with Gordon Brown has a times been curt. His relatively close to Mubarak but this may prove a liability, distant with the Saudis, impatient with the Japanese over military bases, tough on Netanyahu over settlements, not tough enough on Karzai , at times neutral with Erdogan, mysterious with Merkel. Through it all Sarko has been faithful but after him whose Barrak's next closest friend Berlusconi? You know this guy.

Of course my favorite moment in the Obama-Sarko relationship was when Christine Amanpour, dropped a bomb on Sarkozy during a media sesson.