"Pierre-Henri Baras" wrote in message
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"Alan Minyard" a écrit dans le message de news:
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France betrayed all those that thought her a friend. WMDs may have
been an intelligence failure, but the Total/Elf deals were criminal
behavior.

What about the juicy contracts US oil companys were about to sign with the
Taliban, during the summer before 9/11 ??? You know, the pipelines
through
Afghanistan.....


Unlike the situation with Iraq there were no UN sanctions in place so it
would have been legal for Unocal to go ahead but in fact it withdrew
from the deal in December 1998, almost 3 years before the Sept 11
attacks when the true nature of the Taliban regime became clear.


2 wrongs don't make 1 right, but just stop giving out moral lessons, OK?


But 1 right and 1 wrong make an interesting comparison.

Keith