Kat,

Nothing to do with the oportunist, and unpricipled actions of the french over Iraq, my detest goes a lot longer and deeper, from the days of watching a french owned company tear up every negotiating agreement and "dump" on its UK based staff.

It reminds me of the story of the French solidier talking to the Irish mecenary.

Frenchmen "Why is it you only fight for money, whilst we French fight for honour?"

Irishman " Perhaps its because we both fight to gain somehing we lack"

Gareth