I notice the allied deaths went up by 2 or 3 in the Iraq widget on the last update and we’re disgustingly close to 4,000 US military deaths. I’ll just let the numbers speak for themselves, while I remind myself which Democrat running for president voted to authorize this war.

It’s a toss-up which is frankly the more challengingly impossible task for Sarkozy - sorting out a morass of French bureaucracy and union excesses, or convincing an indignant Europe that they should now elect as their leader a man who chose to ignore all their wise counsel on Iraq, thereby endangering the lives of most of their citizens as a result.

Blair plays well in the US, much like Bill Clinton does here in the UK, but he doesn’t travel so well in Europe. But he does speak French.

Presumably, if you are going to have the bare-faced cheek to stick two fingers up at your closest neighbour on the world stage and then ask them for a personal favour in return, you had better do this is their own language.

Vraiment, vous ne pourriez pas ecrire le script, messieurs….

brightfeather - Of course you can chime in. We strongarm Canada all the time. I hope their prayers are answered. Barry!