A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scott says:
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You mean like the French and Germans? Well, they came to different
conclusions because they were corruptly in bed with Saddam...

Excuse me? The French not only actually obstructed our intelligence
efforts,
but they were actively trying to sell nuclear technology to Iraq, in
direct
violation of the UN sanctions.
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So, Scott, how were the Germans corruptly in bed with Saddam?

Among other things, they were transferring advanced technology to Iraq in
violation of the UN sanctions for money.


As to the French, when you say "The French not only actually obstructed
our intelligence efforts", are you suggesting that that's why the USA
had it all wrong with respect to WMD? Damn those Frencies. If they
hadn't messed with your intelligence, you would have known there were
no WMD and the whole war could have been avoided.

Investigation of the existence of WMD's is hardly the only intelligence data
we were looking for. One of the things they did was attempt to conceal the
fact that they knew (and had photographic evidence) of Iraqi intelligence
agents meeting with representatives of Bin Laden in Paris. We now find out
that Saddam took much of the oil for food money from the UN and stashed it
away in tens of thousands of numbered bank accounts all across the world,
and gave access to those funds to terrorist organizations, including OBL,
Hezbolla and many others.


You're right! No more French fries for honest American citizens. Ought
to be part of the Patriot Act, I say.

Well, since "French fries" aren't French, it's not really a problem.
However, boycotting France and French import products is a very good idea,
and something I'm doing.

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