I haven't heard either Chiraq or Schroeder state that publicly. Quite the contrary. The German and French governments have looked the other way for 12 years. The French were tipping off the Iraqis as to what sites the UN inspectors were heading to before the fact back in the 90s. Once the dust settles and France and Germany are exposed, the whole world will be able to see how "strict" that opposition, that you claim exists, has been.