Except for the last part about French "machinations" screwing up the last Gulf WarThe word he used was subverting, and its true. They signed all these clandestine oil deals , through the UN auspices, with Sadaam. They and the Russians dont want war for mercantile reasons. These "deals" are a subversion of the ceasefire agreement.
Oh- I am sure- The French and Russians both have interests in Iraq and have for a long time. It was Russian tanks and SCUDS we were up against in the first Gulf War and the French were the ones building the nuke reactor the Isrealis blew up in 81'. But they were not the ones who stopped us from taking Baghdad and kicking out Sadaam. We never had any intention of doing that.