My bad about the 18 years thing.  You are right about the current state affairs in France.  My problem is with the wide spread corruption within the French government, including your beloved Jacques Chirac.  He has been implicated to have been involved with the Oil-for-food scandal and the French government has excepted bribes from Saddam Hussein to oppose a US led liberation of Iraq.  What angers me the most is that the French government is totally unable or is unwilling to impeach Chirac from his "11" year regieme even though he has been proved to have conections with the Oil-for-food scandal. 07:35 January 31 2006 (UTC)