France Says Time to Help Iraq End Violence
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France Says Time to Help Iraq End Violence
It appears that France wants to invest when there's less liability too.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...iraq_france_dc
Because you wouldn't want to lose all your interest with Iraq, right France?
If France (and Canada) wants in on OIF then we must be closer to winning this thing then I thought.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...iraq_france_dc
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - France told an international conference on Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday it was time to put aside differences over the U.S.-led invasion and help the country put an end to violence.
"We all know what positions our different countries held in the period that led to the current situation developing. But today we must turn to the future. France, and Europe, are ready to do so," French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said.
"We have a collective duty to put an end to instability in Iraq," he said in a speech prepared for delivery at the conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. An official English translation was obtained by Reuters.
"We all know what positions our different countries held in the period that led to the current situation developing. But today we must turn to the future. France, and Europe, are ready to do so," French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said.
"We have a collective duty to put an end to instability in Iraq," he said in a speech prepared for delivery at the conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. An official English translation was obtained by Reuters.
If France (and Canada) wants in on OIF then we must be closer to winning this thing then I thought.
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Also Salty, what's wrong with helping out a nation that one wishes to trade with? A lot of people associate international trade with greed. The most important benefit of international trade is that comparative advantage allows all participants to increase their standard of living.
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Originally Posted by FUNKED1
Yeah, removing the troops would end the violence, after they kill each other off completely.
Why waste my tax dollars and the bravest of my fellow countrymen's lives?
We got Saddam out of power, we made sure they don't have WMD's laying around, what's left should be settled amongst those with legitimate claims.
Last edited by psoper; Nov 24, 2004 at 08:02 PM.
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Originally Posted by psoper
so be it, in my opinion.
Why waste my tax dollars and the bravest of my fellow countrymen's lives?
We got Saddam out of power, we made sure they don't have WMD's laying around, what's left should be settled amongst those with legitimate claims.
Why waste my tax dollars and the bravest of my fellow countrymen's lives?
We got Saddam out of power, we made sure they don't have WMD's laying around, what's left should be settled amongst those with legitimate claims.
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Aren't we forgetting that Iraq isn't something to be divided up?
I know that the Dubya administration is just using this as thier excuse but we're suppose to be there to free Iraq not get a piece of it.
And how dare France want to end instability I can't believe the nerve.....
I know that the Dubya administration is just using this as thier excuse but we're suppose to be there to free Iraq not get a piece of it.
And how dare France want to end instability I can't believe the nerve.....
Originally Posted by psoper
The only way to end the violence there is to remove the occupying troops.
I don't really think France is going to be able to help.
I don't really think France is going to be able to help.
john Kerry did.
Originally Posted by FUNKED1
Also Salty, what's wrong with helping out a nation that one wishes to trade with? A lot of people associate international trade with greed. The most important benefit of international trade is that comparative advantage allows all participants to increase their standard of living.
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The U.S., France and Germany need French and German companies to come back and help to help rebuild Iraq's damaged energy and oil facilities, since they made most of them.
It was only a matter of time.
This is a win-win situation for the U.S., France, and Germany.
It was only a matter of time.
This is a win-win situation for the U.S., France, and Germany.
Originally Posted by psoper
so be it, in my opinion.
Why waste my tax dollars and the bravest of my fellow countrymen's lives?
We got Saddam out of power, we made sure they don't have WMD's laying around, what's left should be settled amongst those with legitimate claims.
Why waste my tax dollars and the bravest of my fellow countrymen's lives?
We got Saddam out of power, we made sure they don't have WMD's laying around, what's left should be settled amongst those with legitimate claims.
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Originally Posted by ericdared81
And how dare France want to end instability I can't believe the nerve.....
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Originally Posted by ericdared81
Aren't we forgetting that Iraq isn't something to be divided up?
That's right, Iraq (along with most of the ME countries)was created by the West after WW1 to divide the areas oil wealth.
