de Villepin is the Worst Kind of Politician

French foreign minister says Iraq war led to more dangerous world: ''Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before,'' de Villepin said. ''Today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism.''

Not only are these statements completely untrue, they are also dangerous. Clearly de Villepin is attempting to create anxiety and fear in order to advance his own agenda.

First, Hussein and his sons terrorized the people of Iraq with a savagery rarely seen on the world stage. People with their tongues cut out, piles of executed bodies, women raped, atheletes tortured, citizens spying on each other for any sign of free thinking; if this isn't terrorism I don't know what world the French Foreign Minister is living in. With the revelations of the Oil-for-Food program, the fear of death and starvation caused by withholding medicine and food from the Iraqi people is now associated directly with U.N. officials. Mr. de Villepin, there was plenty of terrorism in Iraq, but for you to admit that would mean that you would also have to acknowledge that it was your veto in the security council that was intended to allow it to continue.

Today, schools are being built, children including girls are receiving an education, food for oil is a reality not a U.N. pocket-lining sham, the people are debating the form of government is best for them, etc. The later is quite funny. The major media outlets report each disagreement surrounding the formation of a new government as proof that this process is impossible. Have they read the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers? The number of issues debated in the formation of our country fill numberous books. This process is healthy and shouldn't have an artificial deadline. Those who emphasize a deadline are not friends of this country nor friends of Iraq. But back to terrorism. Are there moslem extremists in Iraq attacking American Soldiers and innocent civilians? Since the start of the war, until Madrid, all of the terrorism was located within Iraq and the Madrid bombers weren't Iraqis. So why would Frenchie tell the world that Iraq is a principle source of terrorism? I would not be surprised if Iraq was a major source of terrorism when Frenchie said it wasn't and wants some cover when that is discovered. Sooner or later some bio-agent or chemical weapon will be used against the U.S or England or Italy and when that occurs de Villepin will claim it is because of the war in Iraq, even though it will be demonsterable that the attack was planned before the war. We'll see whether we want to or not.