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Good post Willie. It's past time for this Administration and America's corporations to become patriotic in defense of our workers and companies in the war for jobs.

A couple of thoughts.

When I hear about France and Germany suddenly "playing ball" I can't help but wonder if they aren't afraid of possible revelations from the now captured Saddam. Before they had room to hope he would be killed but now... It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the long run.

As a pro-US Canadian it is nice to see the US rewarding it's allies. To me, it seems that for too long the US has treated it's supporters and opponents the same. I have long felt that this has undercut the position of conservatives in other western counties. It is nice to see the actions of governments have real consequences in the short term.

It will also be interesting to see how this affects the state department. It is difficult to imagine Collin Powell supporting this course of action. One would assume the representatives of the state department have been running around for the last six months saying that this would not happen. It is pleasing to see the "Rummy camp" win out over the "Powell camp".

I am speculating here perhaps someone else has more knowledge or different view on these topics.