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Not necessarily the use of oil in France

FrankC — 3/10/2003 12:34:13 PM (archived)

It is the business of oil. As many like to point out, tobacco use is down in the US but tobacco is still big business.

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Russia threatens veto too - Tony - 3/10/2003 6:26:28 PM
- It's the oil, my good friend! Russia & France want Iraqi oil. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2003 8:35:11 PM
  - Re: Hmmmm - Raoul Lannoy - 3/10/2003 8:58:36 PM
    - Not necessarily the use of oil in France - FrankC - 3/10/2003 12:34:13 PM
    - Are you trying to convince me that France & Russia don't want Iraqi oil? [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2003 9:13:35 AM
      - Russia has lots of it's own oil - LJ - 3/10/2003 10:29:24 AM
        
        The spice must flow - FrankC - 3/10/2003 12:52:04 PM
      - Re: I'm only relativizing a little bit (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul Lannoy - 3/10/2003 9:56:42 AM
        
        Can you relativize Saddam thinking France owes him. - gbaikie - 3/10/2003 12:42:09 PM
        
        Re: Dealing - Raoul Lannoy - 3/10/2003 6:45:16 PM
        
        Re: Dealing - gbaikie - 3/10/2003 7:35:32 PM
- Re:The Veto power - Raoul Lannoy - 3/10/2003 6:45:57 PM
  - The only reason France is on the Security Council at all... - Larry J - 3/10/2003 1:11:29 PM
    - Cold War politics - Gary - 3/10/2003 6:59:52 PM
    - Re: The only reason France is on the Security Council at all... - Davin L. - 3/10/2003 3:50:53 PM
- Re: Russia threatens veto too - REB - 3/10/2003 6:38:37 PM
  - Personally, I doubt it - Tony - 3/10/2003 6:51:15 PM
- Veto is immaterial - FrankC - 3/10/2003 12:29:37 PM

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