[Michael81Dus]

I read to this point to find out that Mr. Baehr is a complete idiot:

A final factor of course was money- the spoils for France, and Russia and Germany from the oil for food scandal...

Germany is not as involved in the oil for food scandal, in fact, there are less people and companies involved from the German side than from America. France and Russia on the other hand are indeed big in the dirt.

[Lurker]

Germany is not as involved in the oil for food scandal,

Congratulations on being just a tiny bit pregnant.

And I suppose Germany can be forgiven for not being as deeply involved in the O-F-F corruption given that German businesses were too busy selling the components of chemical weapons to Saddam to be bothered ripping off the Iraqi people to the same degree the French and Russians were.

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[elhombrelibre]

Germany's motives were not about the oil for food bribes, for sure. They were closer to other issues he identified. Today, and you may want to check this out and see if I'm wrong, Germany is one of Iran's biggest trading partners. However, Merckel has supported no nukes for Iran regardless of trade.