Looks like kerry needs to start working on another Flip-Flop to deal with this.

No French or German turn on Iraq
By Jo Johnson in Paris, Betrand Benoit in Berlin and James Harding in Washington
Published: September 26 2004 21:13 | Last updated: September 26 2004 21:13
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http://news.ft.com/cms/0b57d200-0e73-11d9-97d3-00000e2511c8.jpgFrench and German government officials say they will not significantly increase military assistance in Iraq even if John Kerry, the Democratic presidential challenger, is elected on November 2.

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Mr Kerry, who has attacked President George W. Bush for failing to broaden the US-led alliance in Iraq, has pledged to improve relations with European allies and increase international military assistance in Iraq.

"I cannot imagine that there will be any change in our decision not to send troops, whoever becomes president," Gert Weisskirchen, member of parliament and foreign policy expert for Germany's ruling Social Democratic Party, said in an interview.

It's just a matter of striking the right deal. Bush just pissed everyone off and made it that much harder for anyone who might come along and try to strike a bargain but face it, they're all a bunch of whores. Never say never.

All b.s. aside, the truthful and only reason France and Germany did not participate in the ouster of Saddam was they wanted Saddam to stay in power. If Saddam stayed in power, they could keep their oil contracts. That is all it is and ever was. Oil Contracts. Don't let anybody else fool you.