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To: JohnM who wrote (73709)	2/14/2003 7:11:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) of 281500

A short report on Kissinger's and Friedman's appearance on "Charlie Rose" last night. Kissinger's main point was that no matter what happens at the UN, no country will veto. It would just cause too big a break. They will work around it. Friedman said he would not say on the air what he really thought of the French. He did say that 1441 was designed for Saddam to comply, and the French should not have signed it if they were not willing to enforce that. He was in favor of a deal with the French where we would give a deadline of 4 to 5 more weeks for Saddam to comply, and they would agree in advance to vote for force if he did not. He feels that one reason Saddam is playing "Rope a dope" is that he knows the French have not lined up against him. Friedman was pointed out that the French are Iraq's number one trading partner, to the tune of about 650 Million last year. If the French don't want to go to war with Iraq because they feel that it is too disruptive of the ME, that's fine, but they should not have signed 1441 in that case.

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