>>The French, Germans and Russians were all in on the "oil for money" scandle. No wonder they were so against the war against Iraq.
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>How easy people jump to conclusions about the motive other countries/persons have

Hugo,

Thanks for jumping in. It looks like the US press is currently highly partial in the way they cover Irak. I currently read a lot of int'l press including both US and non-US (thanks to US-based google) to get an "honest view" on things over there in Irak. That's "Misssion impossible".

I hope that some the US members of the UT will understand that there clearly are "organised press campaigns" in the countries involved in the conflict with definitely dubious information, to say the least.

I won't buy that Bush is part of a clique motivated by the "oil money". He tries to protect his country and should be respected for that. But who is stupid enough to believe that the motivation of the French government is any different?

The French administration (and all political parties as well) refused to joined the alliance for this second war because our countries felt the risk associated with war in Irak was too high. Because its colonial history in his region, our country has a different perception towards int'l intervention. That's the reason. Not "oil money" or whatever smuggling. Let us be serious for a while.

Franck