France? Advocating surrender? Who could imagine?

France seeking to put pullout on agenda.

WASHINGTON — France said Monday that it would take part in a proposed international conference on Iraq only if the agenda included a possible U.S. troop withdrawal, thus complicating the planning for a meeting that has drawn mixed reactions.

Paris also wants representatives of Iraq’s insurgent groups to be invited to a conference in October or November, a call that would seem difficult for the Bush administration to accept.

You think you cannot possibly be further amazed by the persistent idiocy and cowardice of the French government. Then they propose inviting the headchoppers and kidnappers to a conference. And you realize there are depths still unplumbed.