On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:10 PM, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> What I resent is the french setting themselves up as the one and only > obstacle to the resolution passing. France is a relatively small > country > with a huge economy that competes ruthlessly around the world for > markets.
They are a permanent member of the Security Council. Every such member can do the same; the US certainly does when it feels like it.
It seems rather odd to use your position when it suits you, and then complain bitterly when someone else does exactly the same thing.
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