So, it finally happens...

[rashind]

Chimpy got his goddamned fucking bullshit illegal war. Everyone go wave a flag because America is so great, and don't forget to curse the French for making sense. Matter of fact, wave two flags -- you've got two hands

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[arrowintwolakes]

The French didn't want the war for the same reasons Americans did: oil. OPEC treats both France and Russia realy well and if Iraq is allowed to tip the OPEC scale by not being a Hussein government and helping the Americans in the way that OPEC's helping France and Russia, then that's bad news and OPEC price hikes for the French and Russians. I'm not saying I agree with Bush, because he's an asshat (thanks, Matt) and I've livid for the day when I can again vote against him, I'm just saying that the French aren't anymore right than the Americans.

Hmmm...

[rashind]

Good to know that the french are the only people who have been buying Saddam's oil for the last 12 years. ... Oh, wait, turns out we've bought half the oil that has been exported from Iraq over the last time period. But, welcome to Amerikkka. Free is better than cheap, and fast is better than right.

[costellos_muse]

While I agree with the French government's final decision, I can't pretend that it was based on principle and not on self-interest. We're no better, I know...the world equals frustration right now, I guess. And I almost feel bad for all of you guys who went to NYC...all of the protests seem to just be a way of releasing our own angst and trying to express to the world that we don't support the administration that has sent our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, friends into danger, and has brutalized our nation's foreign policy to put us at risk; because as someone (I forget who) recently wrote in an NY Times opinion piece, "Mr. Bush will have his war." As will Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld, Mr. Franks...aaaah must stop thinking.