Marc Ginsberg lays out a damning case for Brit Hume of the real reasons for France's recalcitrance in going forward with regime change in Iraq. He says that the reason Chirac agreed to 1441 was that his regime tought that it only meant that Saddam had to disarm. The moment that the U.S. declared its intent to remove Saddam under that resolution, he says, the French attitude turned to obstruction. Twenty per cent of the population of France is Arab, and while the original French population is not replacing itself, the Arabs birthrate is much higher. And the share of the French economy tied to Saddam is breathtaking.

French policy is not anti-war. It's pro-Saddam and his money and oil. It's time for the U.S. and the world media to quit apologizing for this fight and start asking why these countries that are trading with Iraq should be allowed to stymie the U.N. in doing what it was created for, standing up to people like Saddam and Hitler. Since its members seem more interested in keeping it impotent, we should quit wasting time and do what we're going to do without more delay.

In the meantime, why isn't the International Tribunal investigating the German, Russian and French dealings that have helped Saddam get to this point?