France was at war vs Iraq in 91 and one of the closest ( is that word correct in english ??) ally was too with Argentina.
So yes, nobody can complain of that I think.
The case of Isreal is of a different kind and won’t certainly be seen in a near future.
A-bomb factory ? Man, please.
but it’s right that the deal was strange.
WE could have sell several kind of nuclear plant but we chose the easier to get military uranium.
Really, I don’t know what ideas Mr Chirac got at that moment (he wanted an “equilibrium” with Israelis nukes ?) but as you said, every french official was very happy of the IAF strike 😀
I can’t remind anyone who stated that French were saints.
In Viet-Nam, well, that was a “normal” war if I remember correctly.
For Algeria, the problem is that for french, that country WAS part of france.
It’s as if extremists from Mexico wanted the texas for them.
I doubt that the geneva convention would live more than one week.
I doubt that too, but I doubt too that it was only because of greedy thoughts.
Unless of course, you’ve got mails exchanged between Mr Chirac and Total.
Mon ami,
that second quip was not mine. I keep a good record of all my quips.
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