[americanophile]

Considering that Jacques Chirac had cozy and duplicitous dealings with Saddam, I wouldn't doubt that this is very possible. That said, now that the cat's out of the bag, Sarkozy might as well remove the government he allegedly owes money to. Of course, it's all academic considering the one immutable truth of western military action...no one will do a thing unless the United States takes the lead. We should have just stayed out of this civil war, instead we've had the president declaring that Qaddafi must go, which means we will lose face and will have created a motivated enemy out of a formerly chastened one if he stays. How quickly we've become a disrespected ‘great power,’ even having to bribe the Pakistanis to give us our CIA officers back. Welcome back Carter.

[Bokababe]

Considering that Jacques Chirac had cozy and duplicitous dealings with Saddam, I wouldn't doubt that this is very possible. That said, now that the cat's out of the bag, Sarkozy might as well remove the government he allegedly owes money to. Of course, it's all academic considering the one immutable truth of western military action...no one will do a thing unless the United States takes the lead. We should have just stayed out of this civil war, instead we've had the president declaring that Qaddafi must go, which means we will lose face and will have created a motivated enemy out of a formerly chastened one if he stays. How quickly we've become a disrespected ‘great power,’ even having to bribe the Pakistanis to give us our CIA officers back. Welcome back Carter.

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