[Stefanel1]

What do you mean by "They're like the Pygmies of Africa" ?......

Chirac was against the war. And many Europeans were against this war (look at the demonstrations everywhere in Europe and in the world).
Chirac didn't say that Saddam hasn't WMDs.... I agree, and what ? He said that nobody were sure that there were WMDs in Iraq. And he wasn't wrong ! He just said that (as the UNO) a war was not a good idea in the short term, that we could have continued the inspections whithout killing people.
For the interest of France, isn't it a little bit too easy ?.... Of course, some French big companies were presents in Iraq (TotalFinaElf mainly). But France would have won more in beeing involved with the Americans (choice of Spain, United Kingdom and Italy) than in doing what Chirac did.
There is a problem of public opinion who didn't want this war (a big majority) : electoralist ? maybe, but all politicians in the Democraties are like that.
Bush is a "warrior" who wanted to finish the job of Bush senior... and have petrol. Don't say the contrary, even in your country, it is now said.

So, Yog, if you are so narrow minded and nationalist, let your country become something like the URSS. The politic of Bush is freigtening, either international or national. The democracy in the biggest .... democracy in the world is going to disappear. I hope I'm wrong.