Honest question, honest answers desired

Without descending into rhetoric or going off into the daisies on some other tangent, can I get some honest answers to this direct question?

If France had not made such a strong stand on the veto against using force, and instead she & the UN Security Council had authorized the use of force, & the exact same U.S. forces were going into Iraq fighting the exact same battles right now, would there be worldwide protests against this war?