France repeats call for foreign troop pullout from Iraq

France repeats call for foreign troop pullout from Iraq:

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has reiterated France's support for Iraqis to re-establish full independence with the pullout of foreign troops from the country, a Tunisian newspaper reported.

Before I continue with the requisite frog bashing, I would like to point out that France's forces are currently infesting the Ivory Coast. Perhaps the French should discontinue staining Africa with their presence before expressing any option regarding their better's conduct.

Now back to the case at hand:

First of all, I smugly note the irony that it is French, of all people, who are saying that the Americans are arrogant! This irony is enough to make my head spin.

Second, exactly who in the world asked (or cares) what the French opinion about whether "foreign" forces (i.e., non-French) forces remain in Iraq might be?

Let me answer that last one. For the record, Amercia is somewhere between completely and totally uninterested in what France's opinion might be. On any topic. If the U.S. ever wants to know what French opinion might be then we will beat it out of them.