That rift was not just over the air war, but over the peace still to be secured.

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The rift between the American and French governments over the Iraq war and the anti-French sentiment it generated ravaged sales of BPDR wines by an acknowledged 30% in the U.S. through May.

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The rift with Russia occurred when Putin (astutely, as it turned out) publicly opposed the Iraq war along with Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder.

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