CNN has reported that France, a nation that John Kerry has repeatedly suggested should be more involved in US foreign policy, re-established diplomatic dies with Iraq for the first time in more than a decade. Interesting. The more we learn about the UN Oil for Food scandal, the more we see French fingerprints. It seems French companies were complicit in the bribery and extortion that were inflating Iraqi gas prices, keeping food from starving Iraqis and lining the pockets of Saddam Hussein. In fact, weapons inspectors in Iraq have turned up numerous stockpiles of French weapon systems which were sold to Iraq during the embargo. It seems the French, who have opposed every step President Bush has made towards bringing democracy and freedom to the people of Iraq, have had far more extensive and successful relations with that country than we have in the past. Certainly they needn’t have feared an assassination attempt on one of their Presidents. Saddam couldn’t have afforded to lose a friend.
