Kerry: Still Would Have Approved Force for Iraq Yet another reason to wonder why the "hate-Bush" crowd would have nominated someone so... un-different. Do people hate Bush because he has been un-polite to the French? I don't WANT to make nice-nice with the French. I want to have an andministration that treats the French like what they are: A relatively insignificant country in the modern world. They are not a superpower, nor have they been anywhere near being one during the 20th century. We, and they, need to get used to this and stop treating them with deference.