“Yes, what a bunch of warmongers we were, not wanting nuclear warheads parked 30 miles off our coast.” And the fact you had nuclear war head at 5 km from their borders never occurred to you? (Turkey)

“Yet all of three of these nations, and others, feel free to dictate terms to the United States on what we can and cannot do to defend ourselves. Your gratitude is underwhelming.” Why China and Russia should be grateful, for what exactly?

France should be grateful and is, however, it doesn’t give the right to US to ask France to follow blindly in an adventure every body knew it was smelling fish: because actually it was more the US who “feel free to dictate terms” than the others. Who told “our intelligence said”, “we know that”, “link with Al-Quaida”, “believe us” and all the other deliberate lies? I don’t believe the CIA is just an incompetent bunch of people, nor the MI5, or 6.
So France should have follow, sending her soldiers to die because Bush and Blair decide to lie? You ask a lot on the name of gratefulness, are you?

Now about Kerry, I still don’t understand how the Americans can see a guy who never fought as a war hero and the guy who actually earn a Medal of Honour as almost a traitor…
And if you want statistics, just go on ratio of Orange Agent, Napalm and tons of Iron flooded on Vietnam and you will understand why perhaps some comparisons were done…