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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (714820)11/23/2005 11:16:26 PM
From: Geoff Altman  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
UN, thumbing its nose to other nations such as France and Germany with whom we have historically had good relations etc.

Chinu, to make a long story very short. Take a look at this map and you tell me if there was any strategic value in invading Iraq?

pbs.org

I'd ask you to read this post I did a few weeks ago to understand a bit more about the climate in the US after 9/11 and why invading Iraq was our best option, if you read the replies it will save alot of time:

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There were many reasons for our falling out with France and Germany one of the main ones was that even though Saddam had thumbed his nose at the UN Weapons inspectors and violated the UNs own resolutions the UN, with Germany and Frances help refused to take any actions against Saddam.....To say the least this pissed the US off:
see 1154:

casi.org.uk

There was some suspicion at the time that the reason France and Germany were against more actions had more to do with certain lucrative business contracts that they'd received after Desert Storm than for any benevolent reasons.

Peter Dierks gave a good description of the climate of the UN. The "coalition of the bribed and coerced" he speaks of I believe are France and Germany mainly:

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