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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who started this subject2/14/2003 12:39:40 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (4) of 281500
 
Anyone given any thought to the French exit strategy after (perhaps) uselessly using a veto to preclude Security Council approval of the use of force?

The scenario as I see it:

1.- France vetoes weekend resolution by the US.

2.- The US goes in unilaterally and successfully.

3.- The French veto is worthless and France is perceived as a paper tiger. French prestige sinks and Franco-American relations go to a new low.

4.- French oil interests are given the cold shoulder by US occupation administration so the veto is worthless even from a purely commercial standpoint.

What does France have to gain from a veto, except casting the US in a bad light, a bad light that will be erased once the invasion is successful and Saddam's butchery of his own citizens hits the worldwide media circus?

Is the damage to the UN and NATO worth it from a French standpoint? I presume NATO is essentially irrelevant to France but surely an intact UN has some value.

I'm having a hard time seeing the upside to the veto for the French. I see no exit strategy that is worth a damn. If it doesn't veto, all its puffery will be worthless as French prestige will plummet. Given its statements, France simply has to veto.

Anyone have different view?
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