One of the reasons, that I believe, Bush chose to proceed without France and Germany. Why send our soldiers in with troops from countries that are already "sleeping with the enemy"? American troops were actually safer without French and German help.
I agree, W couldn't exactly come out and SLAM those countries while trying to get them to jump into the fray...but he knew they were dirty enough to keep his distance...wait til the names of Americans involved comes out of the Oil for Food scandal - Rich and a few others, I bet...and maybe that was why the Bergler was rifling thru the archives...
W is too gracious to slam the former President, the rogue countries and he is certainly too easy on sKerry.