Nevertheless we all knew that he was a mass murderer using poision gas in this war or to opress the Kurds.
You did not do what we did. When the opportunity came to get rid of him France (and Germany) gave him support, and led him to believe he could survive the pressure we (and the UN) put him under.
Yes Argentina
As far as Operation Condor goes, that was not a U.S. operation. As far as the U.S. giving it at "least tacit approval", there were things in Latin America supported by the Soviets that were a bit more than tacit. As far action against Kissinger, that's a pretty safe thing to do for a French judge. He issues the summons, it's ignored and he goes back to his cocktail party a hero, which would not be the case if he issued it against, say, Castro. Or against Hussein when he had the chance.
(Musharraf) might be an ally but I think that he should not be one due to his regime and his possession of nukes.
Fine and dandy but what's your plan? War with Pakistan so we can take away his nukes? Isolation so he falls and the nukes fall into the hands of radicals?
Fine and dandy but what's your plan? War with Pakistan so we can take away his nukes? Isolation so he falls and the nukes fall into the hands of radicals? Of course I have to admit that Musharraf is better than the Mullahs in Teheran, but you must also admit that the Mullahs in Teheran are better than the sunni radicals in Pakistan around Bin Laden. They are the ones who will get those warheads if Musharraf will fall.
I also have no solution for this. It would be like a exorcism with the aid of Lucifer. Nevertheless the reaction of the US after the nuclear tests was dissatisfying since it showed that nothing significant happens if a nation is joining the nuclear club. If they have the bomb nobody can turn it away from them anymore. The mullahs in Teheran and this ridicolous hobbit in North Korea understood that very well.
You did not do what we did. When the opportunity came to get rid of him France (and Germany) gave him support, and led him to believe he could survive the pressure we (and the UN) put him under.
Oh yes our politicians did exactly what your Mr. Kissinger did i.e. in Chile. The weak Saddam kept things stable in that region just like Pinochet did it for you in southern America during the 70ties. I do not support such inmorale policy, but I understand it. The whiny moralizing in America because of the French is therefore somehow ridicolous.
BTW - what has the picture of the "big three" to do with our discussion?