No friends should not expect blind loyalty, but a "friend" should have a friends back in the time of need. Friends have a common goal and interest. Friends don't make deals behind the backs of their friends for their own gain.

This isn't like some stupid argument between friends over 5 bucks. The french have chosen to side with an an Evil, brutal dictator to protect their own financial interests. To say weapons inspections were working is a joke. They had 12 years.

Meanwhile the french and the french companies are lining up to profit off of iraq througout the 90's, all the while not only were they whining how sanction were not working, they were working to undermine them. How are they supposed to work that way?

With friends like that, we don't need enemies.