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>we are not vassals of the USA Aren't you? In 2003 Russia, Germany and France were strongly against illegal American invasion of Iraq. The US invaded anyway, r
by protomolecule 2y ago
>we are not vassals of the USA
Aren't you?
In 2003 Russia, Germany and France were strongly against illegal American invasion of Iraq. The US invaded anyway, ruining the country. What have France and Germany done about that?
- boricj 2y agoFrance among many nations called bullshit on the WMD claims, we threatened to veto the UN Security Council resolution authorizing a military intervention and we refused to get involved in that mess. The fact that the US government decided to unilaterally invade Iraq anyway is not our responsibility to bear. What could France have done more, try and enact economic sanctions or wage war against the USA over this?
- protomolecule 2y ago"What could France have done more" Everything it is doing now towards Russia.
- boricj 2y agoGiving weapons and ammo to Saddam Hussein? Besides the logistical, economical and industrial challenge of supplying enough kit to even make a dent against the expeditionary forces of the USA, which were still doped sky-high on Cold War hand-me-downs, that sounds like a terrible idea. Hussein's Iraq was not Zelensky's Ukraine and not just because of strategic reasons. The Gulf War happened because Hussein wasn't a friendly neighbor to Kuwait.
- protomolecule 2y agoYou are mixing up the Gulf War of 1990, which was in defense of Kuwait, with the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003 based on false pretenses. "Giving weapons and ammo to Saddam Hussein?" Pentagon is giving weapons and ammo to Azov [0], Ukrainian neo-Nazi ultra-nationalists. And giving weapons is not everything that France is doing now. Think about other measures too, like cutting off American banks from SWIFT, let them use their ACH. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade
- actionfromafar 2y agoThey did not participate?
- protomolecule 2y agoThat was very brave
- actionfromafar 2y agoNot very but look at the countries participating. Weaker or intertwined (UK)
- protomolecule 2y ago"Weaker" Poland, being Poland, was after Iraqi oil [0]. France kept doing business as usual with the US despite American illegal war. [0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm
- se0 2y agoYeah, so ? Did you expect France to fight the US ?
- protomolecule 2y agoFrance is a nuclear power. But you are right, a vassal can't fight his suzerain.