] Chirac bet that even if the United States could win the
] war, it would need others to win the peace. Washington's
] call to the United Nations to help end the guerrilla
] violence plaguing Iraq suggests he was right.

I wonder if W. can spell hubris. Because he damn well better get rid of all of it. After the shenanigans we pulled at the beginning of the year, he's gonna have to get on his knees to convince our formerly friendly (now rightfully smug) allies to bail us out.

I'll say one thing, it takes some real sack to ask for help from the organization you publically called irrelevant only months ago... or maybe it just shows how bad you fucked up.

French suppress schadenfreude over U.S. Iraq woes