The Chairman of the commission investigating the UN Oil-for-Food scanda said that the governments of France and Russia are trying to block the investigation. Anyway, there is a hearing today. These supposed allies, whom Kerry thinks he "reach out to", were and STILL ARE looking out for their own interests. Even if Saddam did pose a greater imminent threat to the US, they wouldn't have helped depose him because they were profiting from the kickbacks received from the Oil-for-Food program and weapon sales to Saddam. Iraqi soldiers were found to possess French weapons manufactured as late as 2002. They also had night-vision goggles imported from Russia just before the war. Kerry agrees that Saddam should have been removed, he said so in the debate. But how in the world would he have gotten Russia and France on board? KG4MVP, I don't like Ann Coulter. She's too far to the right. I'm just your average Republican.