Former French PM: 'America Doesn't Trust Its Allies'

NSA Spy Programs Show That 'America Doesn't Trust Its Allies', French Former PM Says -- NBC

PARIS - Spying on world leaders has dealt a "major blow" to U.S. foreign interests because it shows that "America doesn’t trust its allies," French former prime minister Dominique de Villepin told NBC News.

The conservative politician, who was raised in the U.S. and was a key ally of Washington when in office between 2005 and 2007, said surveillance of foreign leaders had undermined the America's authority overseas.

In an interview Thursday, De Villepin said that the episode showed "an incredible weakness" of American leadership and that the surveillance programs were “not an act of a democratic country.”

“It’s an act of a country [that] believes so much in its own power that it believes it can go beyond beyond the rule of law," he added. "You cannot teach lessons to the world when you are not giving the example."

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My Comment: Quoting Buddha .... when pointing a finger at someone you are actually pointing three at yourself. Bottom line .... no one trusts anyone nowadays.