It's going to be close but it looks like our American chums will not be doing the world any favours, well not for the next four years. Or maybe they are, at least for some. A Kerry victory would probably have meant a more consolatory administration and many European governments being compelled to help out in Iraq. A Bush victory on the other hands means the EU and the French in particular can further wash their hands of the situation and watch the Americans, and sadly the British, continue to get entangled in the Middle East. And as we all know there’s nothing worse than a smug Frenchman.