Looks like french students willing to learn the US culture and language and making friends in the US are not welcome anymore.

"Are we so self-serving that we've lost touch with the true meaning of America?" it went on. "Are our lives so busy that we can't open our hearts and homes to children who want to learn about our culture? Or perhaps we're still in the anti-French mind-set?"
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Though it was not the response she hoped for, her letter drew an immediate reply from John Vogler, a retired machine operator in Syracuse. "Where was France when we needed its support to back us in the war on terrorism against Iraq?" he wrote to his local newspaper. "As far as keeping Franco-American friendship alive, it died six months ago."

What a strange and totally unfair argument the guy has...We know the 9/11 terrorists had nothing to do with Iraq and we know France does contribute to the fight against terrorism.
It all reminds us how easily a nation can be influenced into false beliefs in order to jusrify it's actions.

Raoul