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To: Elsewhere who wrote (89252)4/2/2003 4:21:12 PM
From: gamesmistress  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Why it's currently more fashionable to bash allies instead of Saddam is beyond me.

Because Sadaam was emboldened to not cooperate with the inspectors by the statements and actions of the "allies".



To: Elsewhere who wrote (89252)4/2/2003 4:22:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Iraqi concessions, inspectors report, were no longer in any relation to the American pressure. Iraq underestimated the resolve of the superpower

...aided by Chirac and Schroeder's obstructionism.

Why it's currently more fashionable to bash allies instead of Saddam is beyond me.

Are France and Germany allies of the US? How can you tell?