French and Iraq in bed together?

Submitted by Pete Commander (United States), Mar 27, 2003 at 11:36

I wonder how deep France is with respect to Iraq. It was a French made Mirage F1 that fired two French made Exocet missiles by an Iraqi pilot. Now we have a suspicion of phosphonioic acid (more popularly known as VX nerve gas) that Iraq might (and probably does) possess. The only three countries known to have VX are the U.S., Russia, and...

France!

France sure did not want us to prosecute a war with Iraq. I wonder why. Could it be that there is fear that if we beat the Iraqis and it comes to light that there IS VX there and that the VX has a French made label and manufacturer's code on it, that there may be some explaining to do to the world? I personally don't trust a government who bends so easily to the will of others around them.

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