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French Second Thought ?
- Thread starter LarryL
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No they did not. French & Germany did not violate UN sanctions. Everything was legal. What the US and UK are upset about is the fact that their $ numbers of exports into Iraq were a lot less. And that looks bad. The US even shamefully undercut what Iraq should have received in the oil for food program.WhOiSyOdAdDy? said:
France & Germant violated UN sanctions...
Now that's the American way. Rebuild Iraq and line the pockets of American or multinational construction companies. Next step- a permanent US military base in Iraq... freedom comes with a price.. and that will be paid with oil
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*d* said:Now that's the American way. Rebuild Iraq and line the pockets of American or multinational construction companies. Next step- a permanent US military base in Iraq.
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Lets see now...
Isn't this exactly what the French are hoping to do after the war according to the article? I guess its ok for the French but not the Americans!
Thankyou for letting us know exactly what the interests of the U.S. military are going to be. Your sources must be so creditable.
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sounds more like the colonial French and British way to me.
The French are *ucked. W is not the kind of guy who will forget who tried to screw him. The US will look long and hard for evidence that France, Russia, Germany and China cheated on the sanctions, sounds like they have Russia on the run now. Once they find the receipts in Baghdad they will use that as a reason to exclude those countries from the rebuilding effort.
You *uck with the bull you get the horns. I don't think anyone thought the US had the stones to do this, 9/11 has changed everything down here. All those pending EU members in the East are going to be happy they went with the winning team.
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Now that's the American way. Rebuild Iraq and line the pockets of American or multinational construction companies. Next step- a permanent US military base in Iraq.
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sounds more like the colonial French and British way to me.
The French are *ucked. W is not the kind of guy who will forget who tried to screw him. The US will look long and hard for evidence that France, Russia, Germany and China cheated on the sanctions, sounds like they have Russia on the run now. Once they find the receipts in Baghdad they will use that as a reason to exclude those countries from the rebuilding effort.
You *uck with the bull you get the horns. I don't think anyone thought the US had the stones to do this, 9/11 has changed everything down here. All those pending EU members in the East are going to be happy they went with the winning team.
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Wow! And that's the same point I was getting at in my sarcastic remark to Whosyodaddy. Only my acerbic dig was reversed -that it's ok for the Americans but not the French. LOLCardinal Fang said:Lets see now...
Isn't this exactly what the French are hoping to do after the war according to the article? I guess its ok for the French but not the Americans!
I think so. Its the US military blueprint for the middle east signed by Rumsfeld and Cheney called "Rebuilding American Defences: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century". Now whether they can carry the plan out with the consent of the rest of the world, is a different matter. Read it.Thankyou for letting us know exactly what the interests of the U.S. military are going to be. Your sources must be so creditable.
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I wouldn't call it being happy for the winning team. I'd call it appeasing the dominant aggressor.onthebottom said:All those pending EU members in the East are going to be happy they went with the winning team.
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I think Eastern European countries have more recent memories of totalitarian rule and are thus more hawkish on this issue. I would agree that the US has the most weight to throw around.
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*d* said:I wouldn't call it being happy for the winning team. I'd call it appeasing the dominant aggressor.
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I think Eastern European countries have more recent memories of totalitarian rule and are thus more hawkish on this issue. I would agree that the US has the most weight to throw around.
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I think they're more interested in a NATO connection.onthebottom said:I think Eastern European countries have more recent memories of totalitarian rule and are thus more hawkish on this issue.
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Sour Grapes ! Once a looser always a looser . A grade of 'D' is barely a passing grade....lol .
Good nite all !
*d* said:I wouldn't call it being happy for the winning team. I'd call it appeasing the dominant aggressor.
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Sour Grapes ! Once a looser always a looser . A grade of 'D' is barely a passing grade....lol .
Good nite all !
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Really, why? I would think the economic advantages of EU membership would be attractive. Why join a military alliance that has no purpose and has lost it's enemy? For what it's worth, they can have our slot. We can joint the French (40 years later) in being self centered and not taking an interest in the whole.
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*d* said:I think they're more interested in a NATO connection.
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Really, why? I would think the economic advantages of EU membership would be attractive. Why join a military alliance that has no purpose and has lost it's enemy? For what it's worth, they can have our slot. We can joint the French (40 years later) in being self centered and not taking an interest in the whole.
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*d* said:Wow! And that's the same point I was getting at in my sarcastic remark to Whosyodaddy. Only my acerbic dig was reversed -that it's ok for the Americans but not the French
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What kind of idiot do you think would spend $75 billion doing this and then hand it over to someone else - especially those annoying French .
The implication that you make that this action was SOLEY undertaken for oil is where you are jumping to conclusions though.
One justification of this action will be whether they find any weapons of MD although with the current level of cynicism I appreciate that you wouldn't believe it anyway .
Very few people here haven't made up their minds already and I have yet to see the endless debate change one person's opinion .
Nic Frenchy said:We all have our opinions.
I support the French.
Fuck you all.
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Hey now!
Virgin ears over here Frenchy!
Nic Frenchy said:We all have our opinions.
I support the Deutsch who has beening fucking the French since 1942...lol
.french fries
Why don't you just go with
Vichy Freedom?
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Nic Frenchy said:We all have our opinions.
I support the French.
Fuck you all.
.fr
Vichy Freedom?
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