Bush's speech to the UN was both good and bad. Good for what he said, bad for what he left out. Wouldn't this have been a great chance for him to reveal all the information on WMDs that he said he was going to discuss in September? He's running out of time.

What he did say can be summed up rather easily to, "I still think I'm right on Iraq, but it would be nice if the UN wanted to support me a bit. If not, at least come in and run elections when we're ready for it. Oh yeah, you should also try to come up with a plan for staunching the proliferation of nuclear weapons so we don't have to do this stuff again."

Germany has decided to play nice, and the French are kind of talking that way, too. The only explanation I can think of for the sudden turn around is that they realzied the rest of the world was on to their plan. Now they won't be able to get the UN in charge of Iraq to the point where they would be able to control Iraq's oil.

To anyone out there that thinks the French have been acting out of some altruistic notion, you're wrong. First off, supporting the continuation of the rule of Saddam is not in any way altruistic. Secondly the French have shown time and again that their "altruistic" foreign policies are merely a way to get their foots in the door and drum up some business.