La Mode Francaise - Despite

La Mode Francaise - Despite the mewling of the anti-Bush...er, anti-war left, the only significant "allies" currently opposing invasion of Iraq are France and Germany.

And it's possible that the French may, at the worst, abstain when the time comes to vote at the UN. Tony Blair is negotiating with them now.

Middle case - to preserve the illusion of strength and independence, France may abstain from the final UN resolution vote. In effect, they won't vote with us, but won't oppose us either. This may lead quite a number of other states that are squishy on Iraq to follow suit.