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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (128723)11/17/2000 12:41:39 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (2) of 1570290
 
RE:"The American government began to experience incredible pressure, particularly from France, to chill."

I remember there were a few token troops from France (more from England) to make it look like a united nations effort. I hardly think France cast the deciding vote...
And yes, there could have been some arab oil backlash, but Kuwait and Iraqs oil fields would have been a nice prize...

Jim
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