Australia rules. I believe I've mentioned Down Under three straight days. They are going toe-to-toe with the Frogs, Excellent:

"I think the stance taken by the French has been completely opportunistic and without any merit at all," Mr Howard told ABC Radio.

"They want the benefits of the American and British military presence to put pressure on the Iraqis to keep the weapons inspectors there.

"But they criticise and oppose the policy which brought the presence of the troops about in the first place."

Federal parliamentary secretary Warren Entsch called the French international vultures, despite strong backing for Paris from China, Russia and Germany.

"When you start to compare (permanent security council members), America is the eagle, China is the tiger, Russia is the bear, and in my view France is the vulture," he said.

Awesome. (via Tim Blair, to paraphrase Lileks; where he is, the war has already started).