AT LEAST WHEN GHWB NEEDED TO BE BUCKED UP...:

France warns US on deal with Iran (James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran, October 2 2009, Financial Times)

France is anxious about the Obama administration’s pursuit of a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning that the US must not allow Tehran to expand its uranium enrichment without facing fresh sanctions.

...it was the Brits who did it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 2, 2009 9:11 PM