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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: zonder who wrote (54097)10/23/2002 5:36:56 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
to protect Saddam by strangling any weapons inspections in delay and diplomatic excuses.


I think it is more "Protect" than "on the side of." France would love it if Saddam went peacefully. (A stroke while asleep would fit). They just have too much tied up in the ME to want us to be a major player there. If we conquer Iraq we will occupy and direct things in the area from then on. Europe certainly does not want this. It has been their "Stomping Grounds" since WWI. You may see it as the French "hating war", I see it as Power Politics.
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