"ArVa" wrote in message
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But how do you come up with US firms negotiating a contract that was not
dependent upon relaxation of trade restrictions with the situation where
France sold its foreign policy to the highest bidder, in this case
Saddam,
who was subject to embargo?


You really don't understand much (and know even less) if you still believe
that the oil was the French government's main motive... (though it
certainly
was a concern).

Let's see--lucrative (and non-competitive) oild development deal reached
between French firms and Saddam, followed by French officials voicing the
desire to relax the embargo. Cause-effect. And what other reasons were there
then existing to call for such a relaxation? Strange parallel to later
events--PRC leadership visits France, talks up buying of more French
products, French president reacts by recommending that the arms export
restrictions regarding the PRC be eliminated. Cause-effect. It looks like a
trend...

Brooks



We don't need one--one France is more than enough for the rest of the
world.


Accept no substitute!...


Arva