[Tennessean4Bush]

In the United States, there is a real psychosis. This psychosis consists of them saying, ‘if France was hostile to the American intervention (in Iraq), it’s due to its economic interests or preferential relations it had with Saddam Hussein’

No, it's not a psychosis. It is a relevant observation.

And, it's not quite that simple. First, since there were ongoing sanctions in place by the sacred UN, why were there any economic relations between Iraq and France in the first place. Second, if France was nothing but up-front and honest during the whole debate, why did their ambassador assure Colin Powell that it would not veto the US initiative if it went back one more time to the UN and then break their promise if not to embarass the US and frustrate the coalition's aims?

It's not a psychosis to make reasonable conclusions based on multiple and repeated actions over a long period of time. It would be a psychosis to not re-evaluate the nature of our relationship with Iraq after the actions of France the last 5 - 10 years or so where they have not only been adversarial to the US but have flouted UN sanctions.

[Fudd Fan]

No, it's not a psychosis. It is a relevant observation

AND it's called connecting the obvious dots.

[AFPhys]

It's not a psychosis to make reasonable conclusions based on multiple and repeated actions over a long period of time. It would be a psychosis to not re-evaluate the nature of our relationship with Iraq after the actions of France the last 5 - 10 years or so where they have not only been adversarial to the US but have flouted UN sanctions.

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Dead on!
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