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Is there any single resource more important to the US economy than oil? France doesn't care about Muslims, if they cared about Muslims they surely wouldn't have been making deals with a sadistic tyrant. They are fighting us by proxy, protecting the status quo in the Middle East of chaos, unpredictable threats, oppression, etc.

If the United States were to liberate Iraq and the seeds of democracy took root we would have a predictable partner in free trade that benefits the greatest numbers of both countries. We would protect ourselves from economic blackmail and extortion. This is what France and Russia know. They stand not on a single principle in their opposition to us, not freedom, not human rights and not international law. They are simply against us. A few years ago France was trying to put an end to the sanctions in Iraq and have some kind of passive inspection process. This current fight is not new, it is just coming to a head.