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| France ’sought secret UN deal’ in bid to avert row |
| 2004-04-05 |
| Via Lucianne: The French government offered a surprise compromise to the US president, George Bush, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, according to a detailed investigation published in Vanity Fair this week. The report undermines the public perception of France standing resolutely against the US and Britain in the United Nations security council as the two countries tried to win a second resolution in support of war.... In an effort to avoid a bitter US-French row, the French officials suggested that if the US was intent on war, it should not seek the second resolution, according to highly placed US sources cited by Vanity Fair. Instead, the two said that the first resolution on Iraq, 1441, passed the previous year, provided enough legal cover for war and that France would keep quiet if the US went to war on that basis. The deal would suit the French by maintaining its "good cop" status in the Arab world and safeguarding Franco-US relations. Always thinking of us, how nice. But the deal died when Tony Blair led a doomed attempt to secure a second resolution to try to satisfy Labour MPs and government lawyers who questioned the legitimacy of the war. France ultimately vetoed the resolution. |
| Posted by:Anonymous2U |
| #5 Except for JFM's safety (you'd have to let him in on the secret phrase, freq, and time of broadcasts) I'd say this is the most intelligent thing posted today! Lol! Thx, Gorby! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-05 5:46:01 PM |
| #4 Well it turns out my right deviationist elders also had a secret plan with the U.S. Namely that each side would save 50 city busters (In the U.S. Case Titan IIs) in our case SS-18s to use on France if we ever went to war with each other. This was a solemn pledge to save the world from Paris after a major nuclear exchange. |
| Posted by: Gorby 2004-04-05 5:39:47 PM |
| #3 There is one thing I agree with in the article: 1441 was plenty good enough to go to war. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-05 3:53:32 PM |
| #2 Anonymous, yeah there are too many pictures of pretty boys in the mag, but I first read of Clinton's refusal of OBL from the Sudanese in Vanity Fair. That article has given me lots of ammo to show Clarke's credibility gap. Don't toss out the baby with the bath water, or however it goes. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-04-05 10:30:18 AM |
| #1 Complete crap from a leftist fairyzine written by and for french loving queers. There was no second resolution for france to VETO. France ultimately VETOED nothing. We know NOW, Chiraq was telling his butt-buddy Saddam to keep the BRIBE MONEY rolling into France and the UN, do not worry about abiding by UNSCR 1441, and Chiraq will prevent President Bush from putting a boot in his Saddamite ass. There should be a rule: NO postings from FAGAZINES. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-04-05 7:21:00 AM |