You said it well, but hey, just don't blame the French........a deal's a deal!

This was a little overdone:
>"it's a race in europe to get Saddam's blood money! "Hug the richest psychopath" has been all the rage in the EU industrial community policy for many years now."

What you fail to mention is the hypocrisy which drives these types of deals. Whether it's for politics or money, evil can be used to divide and conquer nations. Remember we were buddies with Sadam the Psychopath when WE needed him. We sold him weapons of mass destruction
and enabled him to build his chemical and biological labs. WE DID.
So, don't go getting on you high horse and and act like we're so high and mighty now.
A deal's a deal.

Pfffttttttt.......