Well, it doesn't matter is somewhat a problem : you decide for everyone. There has been criticism in other drisis, but never real opposition. Success has not always been there, but USa have applied their plans without true opposition - because there was a basis on their acts.

This time, the opposition is real. Why? Hey, because we are still seeking for a legitimate reason to ATTACK. There are legitimate reasons to watch out, contain, inspect & disarm. But we have yet to find a reason to attack. In Afghanistan, Ben Laden was hiding - and he probably(still not proved, but probable) led massive terrorists attacks. In Kosovo, Serbs were leading attacks(even if their size was smaller than described). & so on.....

Last Saddam's offensive action dates back from 1990, and he's already been punished for that. Not enough? Maybe. But legitimate defence is long gone. So is legtimate reason to engage forces. Remember colonial times, and errors we old Europeans did : everytime we conquered a country to democratize it, it ended very bad. We have done these errors several times. We advise you not to do the same huge kind of mistakes. You have been warned.

Side note : if there is effectively war, You can count on France. We don't want it, but won't let our allies fight alone.(ahem, if socialists were in the gov, I wouldn't bet...)