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canada already holds that distinguised position.

i think that by now it has been well established that MOST of the important countries in the UN have some kind of vested interest there, the fucking french especially. i don't think that it is too much of a stretch to imagine that the french are trying to reduce our influence in the world in a bid to re-establish some of their former international prestige. so they spend the last 6 months actively working against us and now they are demanding that we allow them into iraq to have a hand in the new government as well as to salvage their businesses there. forgive me for being skeptical of the international "good will."