Times have certainly changed. France and the United States have agreed in general to pressure Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program through the use of harsher UN sanctions "I think that there's, essentially, no difference in the way that we see the situation in Iran and what the international community must do," Rice told reporters. The two countries were doing groundwork for a new UN Security Council resolution at a meeting in Washington on Friday of political directors from six major nations that have been trying to negotiate with Iran — Russia, China, Britain and Germany, as well as France and the United States.The whole atmosphere in US-French relations has been altered seemingly overnight with the election of President Sarkozy in France. Where former President Chiraq blew hot and cold on sanctions against Iran, Sarkozy seems committed to get the harshest sanctions possible when the Security Council meets sometime in the next few weeks.Some of...(Read Full Post)