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