France rules out troops for Iraq

[cal04]

France has repeated its criticism of the US-led war in Iraq and ruled out sending troops to that country.

French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, As everyone knows, France did not approve of the conditions in which the conflict was unleashed. Neither today nor tomorrow will it commit itself militarily in Iraq."

He added: "In Iraq, violence is exploding. Only when the Iraqis themselves take control of their future ... will the country be able to escape the chaos which could destabilise the entire region."
But France, one of the harshest critics of the war that brought down Saddam Hussein, has repeatedly ruled out any military participation in Iraq.


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BB6A32A6-475B-4273-95BC-F1AEF2C7FF0A.htm

[FlaIndie]

1. they need to say

"The American President has made conditions so we are unable to commit troops. With a change of leadership, the potential for us to join our long-time allies would be a possibility." or something to that effect.

[Larkspur]

2. Why should they sacrifice their children and treasure for our blunder?

The 1957 Battle for Algeria is in France's memory banks, and Iraq looks worse than Algeria, circa 1957.