It is hard to pull out of bases 30 years vacant or defense ties that do not exist.
Yet their time is coming. When we have Saddam's records and proof of French sanction busting with WMD parts and know how. Bush will ask the Congress to revoke France's Normal Trade Relations with the USA.
The aftermath of that will destroy th E.U.
And since this is based on non-trade related American WMD anti-proliferation laws, the WTO will have no jurisdiction either.