The cover of your European edition, blaring “France’s Chance: The Case for Nicolas Sarkozy,” and showing the leading French presidential candidate’s face implanted by photomontage into the famous painting of Napoleon Bonaparte on a rearing horse, calling his troops to yet another bloody battle (April 14, 2007), shows nothing but a complete lack of hindsight. And foresight, for that matter. Napoleon, the usurper of the French Revolution, led his troops to his imperial coronation. And thence, nowhere. Even a century later, the term “Bonapartism” was associated with the usurpation of the Russian Revolution. And the likes of Josef Stalin. Of course, there is no revolution of any sort in France today. Luckily, the image is entirely baseless. Sarkozy’s association with Napoleon is thus innocuous enough. At best, it shows that he is now remembered by the ignorant Europeans, including the ignorant French, as an intrepid chap to be fondly remembered. France’s fat chance, indeed.