There is a great deal of international opposition to Bush's plans for Iraq - enough to make this Singaporean editorial in The Staits Times noteworthy. They don't exactly endorse Bush, but the article is very skeptical of the French.

The very same reasons, however, also put France at risk of dangerous consequences. Its relations with Washington may be irreparably damaged, given the strength of American ill will now against it. If America still goes to war in Iraq without the UN, Paris would not only have lost its battle at the UN, it would also have made enemies in the Anglo-Saxon world.

It might have new-found friends in Russia, China and Germany, but this coalition would never be permanent.

Secondly, France's traditional co-leadership in Europe would be in tatters, and its fears of a 'Europe of Washington' realised.