Iraq is in 27th position, in terms of commercial relationships, for France; the US is in 5th position.

The number 1 commercial partner is Germany.

You guys keep claiming France had an interest in not waging war with Iraq.

Which one?

France has got far more to loose by straining its relationship with the US.
But french companies in the US employ 500,000 americans.
Plenty of US products have components coming from France and vice-versa.
TotalFina Elf has a large part of its shares owned by american pension funds.
That's called the global economy.

You're perhaps venting your frustration, which shows that Chirac might have been right all along.
(Interesting the way yo misspell his name)