Thread: France authorizes troops to fire at IAF jets over Lebanon
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Old 11-27-2006, 13:50 PM   #45 (permalink)
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I think so because France had alot to lose if we invaded Iraq, and they did call our bluff. Do you think France is oppositioning IAF jets to piss off the US in a point to make for the Iraq endeavor?
An election in France is coming up; so one has to look tough. Can't have people buzzing French soldiers.

And another point is what happened a couple of years back in the Ivory Coast when 9 French Marines were killed on peacekeeping by a FACI airstrike. They want to ensure bombs don't fall on their soldiers by accident.
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