The warning that even a President Kerry will have to "go it alone in Iraq" as far as France is concerned flies in the face of a key part of the candidate's Iraq strategy.

The top Democrat has been boasting for months that if he wins the White House, he'll persuade America's old European allies like France to pitch in and send troops to Iraq.

But the French official explained that in lieu of sending troops, France would continue to help train Iraqi police for the upcoming elections in January - just as it's doing now with Bush in office.

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