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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (75155)	2/18/2003 10:58:49 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

If we sank seven French Warships, they would be down to rowboats, Mq. This is the line in Frum's piece that got me. >>> For all practical purposes, France is Saddam Hussein's most important and most loyal ally. Had it been up to France, Saddam Hussein would have acquired nuclear weapons back in 1981. France helped Iraq subvert UN-imposed sanctions in the 1990s, and the illegal revenues from sanctions-busting have paid for the rearming of Iraq. France talks now of "giving the inspectors more time," but it was French support that emboldened Iraq to thwart inspectors through the 1990s, and it was French opposition at the Security Council that finally destroyed the inspection regime in 1998.<<<< There is a lot of truth to this. Who is Saddam's "Best Bud?" Not any of the ME states, they are scared of him. France is far away enough that they are not worried by him, and favored trading privileges go a long way with them. Looks like Saddam should like them better than anyone. Except maybe Russia. But no one in the ME likes the Russians. Hell, nobody in the world likes the Russians!

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