Last I heard France was actively advancing ideals to certain nations with the direct goal of thwarting the USA. An act of war in my opinion. I think that might be a typo. If not, please explain what you meant by advancing "ideals," and what nations are you speaking of. I know that the US has been offering massive amounts of cash and military aid in an attempt to buy votes in the affirmative for war. I would imagine that if it is legitimate for us to pursue our agenda in that fashion, by extention it should be legitimate for other countries to do the same.
Comma inside quotes is a typo. Anyone with "EYES WIDE OPEN" can figure that there most likely is an economic reason why France may be engaging other countries against US desires. This entire UN process is about IRAQ. France IMHO has made it an opportunity to engage the US in a high stakes poker game to hope that the EU will have meaning. EU economy is larger than US in total. EU military might if united could not fold my laundry. I just feel that a larger geo-political play is not best handled in this way. We can crush France in a whim. It is already under way with the purposeful devaluation of the greenback vs euro.