Suave nicolas sarkozy , the most atlanticist of french presidents , has been frustrated , too .
温文尔雅的萨科齐,最具大西洋精神的法国总统,也遭遇挫折。
But it is a pity nonetheless . Estonians are naturally atlanticist , but the obama administration sometimes seems to find it easier to be nice to its foes than its friends .
爱沙尼亚是顺理成章的北约成员,但是奥巴马政府有时似乎更愿意与之成为敌人而不是朋友。
Here mr mccain is proving himself , if anything , to be the bolder atlanticist of the two , not only praising the relationship more loudly but also pitting himself against powerful groups within his own party , including the white house .
His relations with mr osborne , a fellow atlanticist and foreign-policy hawk , have thawed so much that the chancellor deployed his team of treasury ministers to stick up for the defence secretary in parliament and on the airwaves this week .