[jdl22]

The global test has nothing to do with whether or not France or any other country approves. By global test Kerry simply meant that we should follow a reasonable plan that meets a most basic set of criteria.

Here is the way he used global test in the debate:
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But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons.

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"Still want to submit to a "Global Test" under the French?"

Yes. If the President of the United States is going to send some of my friends and brother in law into a sovereign nation in a preemptive attack I would want him to explain to the American people in an understandable way why we are doing so. He also should be able to prove to foreign leaders that he did so for legitimate reasons. If he is not able to do so then our reasons for going are shaky and war should be avoided.