Joshua Micah Marshall makes a good point.

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall
Could Al Gore really have done a better job getter France on board? Germany? This is how the question is being is being framed today. At least by some people I read and talk to. My friend Mickey Kaus says he doubts any more diplomatic finessing could have gotten the French on board.

I don't necessarily disagree with this point. But, frankly, I think it's beside the point. Or perhaps just misses the point.

The issue here isn't that France opposes us. That doesn't bother me particularly. The real point is that everyone opposes us. Everyone.