Also remember that many US companies benefitted from helping Iraq violate the Oil for Food Program, and several of those were large Republican party contributors. Any bets that they will be held accountable?
larry On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:52:10 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, but they have the Ivory Coast to deal with. > > It is my opinion at this point that the French and other countries refused > to go to war because the fall of Saddam didn't serve their best interests. > > In this case France stood to lose money because of the Oil for Food Program. > I don't fault the French for that choice. Any sovereign country has the > right to say something is or is not it their best interest and either do it > or not. > > They do however have to suffer the consequences, and if we find out that > some countries were allowing Saddam to get around the Oil for Food program, > as we have recently found he was doing, then those countries need to be held > responsible. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:07 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty > > maybe, but they declined to participate in the invasion of Iraq :) > > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136949 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
