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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: JSwanson who wrote (68671)3/14/2003 10:00:30 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
Thanks for bringing this up. I am not sure how much it contributes to the issue beyond convincing the reader that the French are now anti-American and should be viewed with suspicion. That much I agreed to when I said "this is coming from the French. So I am suspicious of their motives". But beyond this the author has nothing to say.

What I really want to know is how credible is the evidence presented in these books (btw, the French are not the only ones, Robert Baer, an American wrote a book on the premise that the oil pipeline was the real reason for invasion of Afghanistan). Most importantly, I am interested to know to what extent it is possible that hard ball negotiations with the Taliban may have been a contributing factor to 9/11.

> If there is anything missing in these books, it would be a discussion of the relationship between French Anglophobia and French anti-Americanism.

Who cares! There is an old saying, "I'd rather have a knowledgeable enemy who makes fun of my weaknesses than a foolish friend who makes me feel I am invincible". I want to know if the facts they presented supports the conclusion and to what extent. BTW, I read an article the other day that pointed out yes we saved the French from Hitler, but without them America would not have existed in the first place; It was the French massive contributions and blockade of British ships that allowed the revolution to succeed.

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