France is Too French

Now that Sarkozy has entered the fray over the debacle in South Africa by Les Blues and making it a question of national pride he has been smacked by FIFA. One of the few areas that FIFA has done good work is the total resistance to any political meddling.
But this is not the French way. Honneur! Fiertie! Nation! As if France held such an exalted position on the World stage that any scuffing of its shoes is letting down the side as everyone looks to France for moral guidance. Typical Gallic hubris.