> If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison.

Speaking as someone who isn't french,

If Sarkozy received the same funding from Obama it would have beem extremely shady.

From Gaddafi it sounds outright treacherous.

I mean, I don't think we need to put air quotes around "terrorist" for Gaddafi. This was a ruler who was happy to bring down Western passenger jets and put bombs in night clubs.

This is France, getting money from Obama would likely have been worse.

Wow, calling the Obama administration a regime seems like... a dog whistle?

There are so many different political perspectives that would inspire someone to use the word "regime" to talk about Obama's presidency of the US, that I'm genuinely not sure which one the parent commenter is likely coming from. It's not a dog whistle it's a whistle for every type of animal.