There is empirical evidence for the contention (discussed on Sunday) that France’s main motivation is simply to impede the US. A Reuters poll indicated that:
Offered a choice of three reasons to best explain why they opposed going to war, 76 percent of the anti-war camp said they “dislike they way the United States is behaving in the crisis”.Just nine percent said the were mainly against military action because Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was not a threat to international security and 13 percent chose to explain their view by saying the crisis did not affect France’s interests.
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Utterly remarkable–nothing like using spite to make foreign policy. (Thanks to ScrappleFace for bringing the poll to my attention).
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August 10th, 2024 at 10:34 am