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However, the Iraqi WMD threat to the stability of the region is clear, the question is why only Iraq, and not also N. Korea, Iran, etc.? There are some cumulated reasons why now Iraq, and not only because of the Euro: WMD, Iraqi links with the terrorists who hit the US (and here none of us have the whole picture, as Bush has, some secret details that cannot be revealed now, will only be public after 50 years or so - just think about the breaking of the German, Japanese and Russian codes in the 1940s, the secret US missiles withdrawal deal from Turkey during the Cuban crisis), unfinished business from the Gulf War (of Bush Sr.), oil reserves, Euro, vicinity of Israel (i.e. WMD again), testing new weapons ...
The fact is France and Germany know very well Saddam is a brutal dictator, torturing and killing his opponents, but Iraq is not just Afghanistan, it has huge oil reserves, and therefore there are powerful economic interests there. If a pro-American governement is put there, the US will get the lion's share. A lot of today's problems would be solved for the US economy with this war.
French and German leaderships depend more on their voters and corporations, and normally have to protect their interests, which in this case do not match the American ones. Hence the political clash and the trend to lift Europe to a stronger position in the relationship with the US.
So, it's understandable why all this. It will be solved sooner or later in the favor of the US, since Europe lacks the military power of the US.
And sooner or later, the US will deal with N. Korea and Iran in the same way - since N. Korea now it's not just threatening the S. Korean and Japanese territories but the US soil itself, and diplomacy only, if not solved by WMD halt vs. more supplies, will mean more threat is going to be built there, which could not be tolerated, even at the expense of Seoul and Japan.
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