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Originally posted by wolf
Anyway, damn lot of nerve those French Bastards have, eh? "No, Monsieur les Americain, we will not support, approve, or assist your war, but we'll happily make a tidy profit after ..."
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The US will just go all Little Red Hen on them...
"Who will EAT the bread?"
"I will," said the cat.
"I will," said the rat.
"I will," said the pig.
"I will," said the dog.
"Oh, no, you won't," said the Little Red Hen. "I will!".
Jag: my source is the US Department of Energy website.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html
And if you haven't noticed, Afghanistan is not currently in chaos with the US there, not like it was after the Soviet withdrawal. While it's not what you'd call stable, if it had oil it'd be plenty stable enough to pump it.
You're right about the French. Too bad for them; they should have played ball. Now we're going to give their cut to Spain. BWAHAHAHAHA.