Are the French our Allies?

Could be. According to an article in The Washington Post (seen via The Belgravia Dispatch):

BAGHDAD, Nov. 2 -- Saddam Hussein refused to order a counterattack against U.S. troops when war erupted in March because he misjudged the initial ground thrust as a ruse and had been convinced earlier by Russian and French contacts that he could avoid or survive a land invasion, former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz has told interrogators, according to U.S. officials.

It looks like the French gave Saddam Hussein deliberate disinformation. They might be acting as triple agents—a pro-American nation pretending to be a pro-Arab nation pretending to be an American ally.

Besides, they are defnitely our allies in the other war for civilization going on at the moment—they know how to handle Greenpeace.