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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: NickSE who wrote (72610)2/9/2003 3:17:28 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
It will be fascinating to see how France and Germany manage to airlift and support thousands of troops in Iraq without US logistical support...

But I would state that such a "pre-emption" of a US invasion of Iraq by France and Germany will be voted down by the US in the UNSC (we have a veto too.. :0)

That would mean that their troops would be denied UN status and thus make them just as "illegitimate" as they claim US troops are.... That is, unless Saddam invites them in...

And such an invitation would place them in the embarrassing position of being seen as guarantors of Saddam's regime, while the US would invade from the south and capture oil fiels in that region to prevent the Republican Guard from blowing them up..

I do have to say that the French and Germans are making the game "interesting" and finally showing just how much of an interest they have in preserving Saddam (or at least their interests in the region).

Hawk
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