[Destro]

No not really. You missed the point. Those nations (France, Russia, China) were against invasion from the get go. What shocked us in our quest for allies is how Germany and Turkey shunned us. To call oil contracts to these nations a bribe is like saying you gave the Pope money to be against gay narriage.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Those nations (France, Russia, China) were against invasion from the get go. What shocked us in our quest for allies is how Germany and Turkey shunned us. To call oil contracts to these nations a bribe is like saying you gave the Pope money to be against gay narriage.

I do see what you're saying.

But there were lefties who were arguing (or faux-arguing) that Bush should have "tried harder to get France on our side" and the like. Presumably you agree then that those people, anyway, were idiots (or more likely, simply disingenuous).

On being against invasion from the get-go, I wonder. We are told that the US, or State, or someone, had promises from Villepin (or someone) that France would be on our side as late as January 2003. I do agree that France was against invasion from the get-go but there's still the question of why they were stringing us along so much. Bribery could have something to do wtih that.

[mikhailovich]

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