Why?

Because they can. When you have the "blind leading the blind" ... anything's possible. C'est vrai! It really is. Don't believe me? Or, to quote de Villepin ... "C'est la vie!" ... and the French army is ... um ... where? Oh! .... and "VIVE LA FRANCE!"

... hhhgrrrrhack.

Um ... sorry 'bout that ... a little phlegmish problem.