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Post-war Iraq will explain why it's an unfair world

April 10, 2003 ~ 4:59 p.m.

�It is now necessary to create the conditions which will give the Iraqi people its dignity in re-discovered freedom. What is urgent is to allow humanitarian aid in all its forms to be sent to Iraq without delay. As soon as possible, after the necessary phase of ensuring security, Iraq must re-discover -- via the legitimacy granted by the United Nations � its full sovereignty in a stabilised region.�

This is what Jacques �Iraq� Chirac�s office said in a statement released today. Delving behind the carefully crafted soundbites, this is what Chirac�s office meant:

�Now that the Yankees and the Rosbifs have done the fighting for us and nullified the oil contracts we had with Saddam in the process, we need to push our way into the post-war Iraq process as soon as possible so that France gets its fair share of the plunder.�

I understand Tony Blair�s motives in insisting for a U.N. role, headed by France and Germany � who else? � to help salvage Britain�s standing within the European Community, and that President Bush has accepted this as a way of paying Blair back for his unwavering support. Fair enough. It might even be good for the United States regarding world opinion. If we allow this, we cannot possibly be seen to be imperialist aggressors. I don�t like it, but I accept it. Nobody ever said this was a fair world anyway.

But I swear, France�s motives are as easy to read as an open book. Don�t be fooled by the official speak. France, Germany and Russia will swarm in on Iraq like vultures, feeding off the sacrifices of Britain and America.

Yes indeed, this is a very unfair world we live in.

� M.E.M.

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