[Ronn_Bman]

The French have said all along they would fight. The comment by the French Foreign Minister after the Valentine's Day Blix report was that France would be willing to consider that option if the Inspectors would come forward and say they could not work with the Iraqis any longer. Not that nothing was being done, or that nothing was being achieved, but that they could not work with them any more. Basically as long as the Iraqis cooperate procedurally, it doesn't matter if it's substantive or not.

The French government admits Saddam is bad, that he needs to be removed, and they know he has not disclosed or accounted for his WoMD, but they want to use inspectors as long as possible.