Chirac's Minor Tremble: Does this mean anything? Probably comes too late to change anything significantly, since France has offered to negotiate their proposed 120-day waiting period, while Bush is pushing for a 120-second period. The real question is, What did Chirac hear that made him pause? This? God bless the Aussies, but I don't think they engendered a change of heart in the ol' hack Chirac.