I asked "Ibn Rushd" in France to comment on the recent trends in French foreign policies toward th Middle East. He wrote me this: "5 billions arms deal with KSA signed in 2013, 10 billion more to come in 2014, + Qatar business + French military base in UAE + France's Israel lobby + he has no balls [sexist expression, notwithstanding] in domestic politics and hopes to look tough through hawkish posturing on Mali, Syria and Iran".