Sarkozy Speaks to Congress

President Sarkozy spoke to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, receiving lots of applause and even standing ovations from the American lawmakers for his speech.

“President Sarkozy has hit a home run out of the ballpark,” said Representative Tom Lantos, the California Democrat who is chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. “I expect a spectacular renaissance in French-American relations.”

the whole speech (nysun)

some accounts of the speech from the press:
nytimes
Le Monde
BBC

What do you think of Sarkozy's speech? What should be the nature of the Franco-American alliance? What are your predictions about the future relationship between the two countries? Do you anticipate the "spectacular renaissance" that Lantos predicts?

(nb: please be sure to be respectful in the comments and vive le discours!)