So what exactly were the consequences in the French plan if
Saddam didn't fully cooperate? The answer is: there were no
consequences. Saddam knew there would never be a war resolution
as long as France had the veto. This was his green light to
continue with his token UN compliance.
> Maybe instead of putting it in your mouth, you should use your
> eyes.
> France never said any such thing. What they said they would not
> agree
> to is the USA-proposed notion of drop-dead dates. E.g.,
> completely
> disarm by such-and-such a date, or war will be authorized. They
> have
> said all along that it is impossible to prove that you don't
> have
> something, and as long as the inspectors were not being
> prevented from
> their tasks, that war shouldn't be an automatically-invoked
> option. The
> US refused to submit any proposal that did not have war as an
> automatic
> option, and chose to withdraw instead.
>
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