I can't agree that France is on any high moral plateau for opposing an attack upon Iraq, though I do agree France was right in doing so, but for a different reason. Unfortunately, the French do have a poor track record in international affairs, as the terrible wars in Algeria and Indochina demonstrate. They also shared much of the blame for the outbreak of World War One, along with the other nations who engaged in that horrendous struggle, as well as for the harsh peace at Versailles, that allowed, in part, the Nazis to come to power in Germany. But I believe that it is precisely this track record that has given impetus to the people of France, as well as Germany, to oppose a war at this time in Iraq. Both France and Germany know what price unilateralism, projected on the point of military adventurism, brings . . .