No, CHIRAC ALONE made the omelet. I'm all for admitting our mistakes, but in this case, Chirac deserves all the blame. Had he quietly disagreed and abstained, France's American tourism would be fine. But he can't set himself up as an overt enemy and then expect that not to poison relations overall. You wanna be an enemy (or in his euphamism, "opposing pole")? Voila! France is an enemy! /rant