A THREE-HEADED GAME OF CHICKEN

Reluctant up until this point, the UNSC trio of France, Germany and Russia -- an alliance that might make Eddie Izzard rethink some of his routines -- has gone ahead and said "fuck it, we'll veto the thing if we have to". Ok, they didn't go that far, they're still saving up the V-word, though my guess is it could come to that.

If only they could have talked to Dick Gephardt before it was too late.

Memo to Bush, Rove, Fleischer, the State Dept, the Pentagon, etc: Just because the countries aren't explicitly saying "veto" right now, it isn't a sign of weakness or that they'll bend to your will eventually. They're hoping not to have to use the veto, it wont be an issue until crunch time. Anyway...