Recently, a French diplomatic cable relating a conversation on September 2 between the French ambassador to Afghanistan, Francois Fitou, and his British colleague, Sherard Cowper-Coles, was leaked in Le Canard Enchainé , a French satirical magazine. Cowper-Coles was reported to have said that the security situation in Afghanistan was deteriorating, that NATO’s presence was making it worse, and that the two American presidential hopefuls should be dissuaded from getting bogged down further.
最近一份有关法国驻阿富汗大使Francois Fitou与英国驻阿富汗大使Sherard Cowper-Coles谈话的法国外交电报的内容在法国的一份讽刺杂志《Le Canard Enchainé》上被泄露。Cowper-Coles据说声称阿富汗的安全形势正在恶化，而北约的存在使情况变得更加糟糕，两名美国总统候选人应该被劝说不要在那里陷得更深。唯一现实的政策应该是扶植一位“可接受的独裁者”。当然，英国外交部否认这些想法代表了英国政府的观点。