England and France were allies through the two world wars and yet in times of peace they get along like Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. Together today, squabbling tomorrow, always in love and always ready to choke the shit out of each other.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair feels superior to France's President Jacques Chirac for having gone to war in Iraq. You can tell from Blair's comments that the twit doesn't understand that the Iraq misadventure has exacerbated Muslim hatred of the west and made western countries more vulnerable to attack. Chirac for his part feels superior to Blair for having urged the world community to handle the Iraq situation with continued diplomacy.

About one month ago at the time of the European Union summit meeting, there was much disagreement over Britain's role in argiculture treaties and so Chirac was heard to say "The only thing that Britain has done for Euopean agriculture is mad cow. You can't trust people who have such lousy cooking." It sounded more romantic in French but still, the truth hurts and so now the atmosphere between the two governments is poisonous. Given Chirac's refusal to go ahead with attacking Iraq, The Bosh says "Vive la France!" (By Scott Rose)