You've got to hand it to Nicholas Sarkozy. He has both guts and smarts. A French Watergate style scandal causes smooth De Viellpin to twist in most unpleasant" clearstream" winds. However, ( no fluke ) Sarkozy far from resting on his good poll numbers is passing a tough immigration bill AND travels to West Africa to face the hostile music.

He is not anti-immigrants, he argues eloquently. He only wishes to admit those immigrants useful to the French economy, i.e., well educated ones. We are going to lose our best and brightest complain some West Africans. Others argue that as citizens of her former colonies they have the right to go to France.

But France and the EU are determined to stop them from coming. They plan to position their fleet near Senegal's harbors. France 2 interviewed a trafficker. What would you do if you could no longer take Senegalese to France? the reporter asked."I may take them to America," he answered."Who would want to go?""Everybody. Senegalese, Gambians, Ivorians," was the answer.