And the French can go straight to he**. They're fair weather friends at best.
I read in a Mexican newspaper that Mexico would be siding with France, Germany and Chile in the UN with regards to post war Iraq. This will undoubtedly be done with the US taxpayers footing the bill. You can bet that Mexico will not help financially.
France is fairly advanced........for a Third World country.
Yep.
I don’t know why so many Americans before Iraq expect that France help there. Last time when Islamic Ottoman empire attack old continent (1683 ), polish king Jan III Sobieski saved West European asses (battle of Vienna). What France did that times, help? Of course not! France collaborate with Islamic Turks!! Generally in Europe France is well known country of weasels, even in Normandy one of their few divisions betrayed Allies and avoid battlefield. In Europe if somebody mention French army, this is joke and not serious discussion. This is not any surprise that France don’t fight, this is obvious.
The rift between Iraq and France is much bigger :-)
The Iraqi people are stunned at the failure of Germany, france, and Russia to approve the resolution in the UN. After all, THEY have agreed to how things will go and they are finally coming to the conclusion that the three do NOT wish their country well. The resentment that will result will impact their relations with those countries for generations to come. There is only a very small window of opportunity for them to change that perception before it is set in stone.