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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: slacker711 who wrote (84160)3/20/2003 12:34:11 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Do you really believe that the totality of their actions was based on a
principaled stand? Perhaps a part, but much of it was power politics...

It was mostly economic. According to a UPI report, they had already signed major contracts with Saddam to develop the oil fields once the UN sanctions were lifted. (Russia had, also.) With Saddam out of power, those contracts are toast. Also, France has been selling military items to Iraq (possibly in violation of UN sanctions) and presumably expected to continue doing so if Saddam remained in power; with Saddam gone, is Iraq really going to keep buying French jets??

So France had a major economic interest in keeping Saddam in power, and to heck with the freedom and liberty of individual Iraquis or the war crimes of Saddam. For the French, money trumps morality.

I'm interested in the rumor posted here that a German company constructed, within the past few years, the bunker Saddam was apparently in. Haven't read anything on it -- is there a credible news report on that?

Germany certainly has also been economically benefited by Saddam in various ways over the past 12 years, including some illegal shipments to him by German companies.

Guess we know why those countries are so desperate to keep Saddam in power.
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