A guerra no Iraque foi por causa do petróleo...pelo menos para os franceses
Do mesmo jornal que, outro dia, Gilson linkou aqui (agora eu o leio com alguma regularidade), matéria interessante sobre a interessante posição francesa na guerra do Iraque.
MANY Americans are convinced even today that the war in Iraq was all about oil. And they're right - but oil was the key for French President Jacques Chirac, not for the United States.
In documents I obtained during an investigation of the French relationship to Saddam Hussein, the French interest in maintaining Saddam Hussein in power was spelled out in excruciating detail. The price tag: close to $100 billion. That was what French oil companies stood to profit in the first seven years of their exclusive oil arrangements - had Saddam remained in power.
Do mesmo jornal que, outro dia, Gilson linkou aqui (agora eu o leio com alguma regularidade), matéria interessante sobre a interessante posição francesa na guerra do Iraque.
MANY Americans are convinced even today that the war in Iraq was all about oil. And they're right - but oil was the key for French President Jacques Chirac, not for the United States.
In documents I obtained during an investigation of the French relationship to Saddam Hussein, the French interest in maintaining Saddam Hussein in power was spelled out in excruciating detail. The price tag: close to $100 billion. That was what French oil companies stood to profit in the first seven years of their exclusive oil arrangements - had Saddam remained in power.
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