Awww... France won't let the US go to war... What will the US do? Why, try and punish naughty nasty France of course!

Little momentum for anti-France legislation in Congress

Maybe the US should think about invading Iran instead.

U.S.: Iran's nuclear program is a 'great concern'

Oh wait - North Korea's doing something like that too right? And they've even test-fired another missile.

While the US fixates on Iraq in the UN, wonder if anyone in the Bush Admin is thinking about the US economy?

Dow at 5-month low

But what can the US do? It's stuck between the Devil and deep blue sea; it can't stand down now -- or can it? True, the US would lose some international prestige, but terrorists will twist anything to suit their purposes. And if the US can't devote resources to reigning in N. Korea and Iran because of a war in Iraq, how will standing down hurt the US in this regard? Besides, everyone knows that the US still carries the biggest damn guns around.

Ok, best-case scenario time: The US topples Saddam in a month. Installs a new democratic regime that really wants to create jobs, provide education for all and in general genuinely wants to improve the living standards of Iraqis.

Now how realistic is that?