Scott Ritter predicted we would not be able to capture Baghdad in 2003.
Ritter was, like much of the French govt., on the payroll of Saddam.
France may wish to pay more attention to what their policy towards Muslims at home is doing to France right now.
We are fighting different aspects of this war ni very different ways.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, where clearly identified govts. were giving major support to terrorists, we struck invasion-style.
In the Phillipines, for example, we have foght far differently.
The French, and others, may want to examine their own neo-imperialist strategies in light of the obviously self-serving action of France in Ivory Coast.
And I would suggest that the Western European approach to Islam is going to yield a whole lot more Theo Van Goghs.
Ed