Dear Editor:
Exposing the agenda of anti-war movement’s chanting “no war for oil” and the French/Russian refusal to end a 12-year U.N. mandate for Saddam to disarm never get front-page print such as the following:
“As long as Saddam is in power the current French and Russian oil contracts remain intact. Iraq owes France over $8 billion in oil IOUs and France has huge oil development contracts with Saddam that require cessation of the U.N. Sanctions to come to fruition.”
“Russia and France are Iraq’s key allies in the U.N. Security Council. In 1997, a LUKoil-led consortium signed a contract to develop the Qurna field. Under the deal Russia would spend up to $200 million toward developing the field, regardless of the U.N. trade sanctions,” according to the Nov. 8 Moscow Times.
French President Jacques Chirac declared that his country would veto any resolution that opened the way to war and said, “No matter what the circumstances, France will vote ‘no.'” The Russians also said they would vote against the proposal.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair put it into perspective, saying, “If countries talk about using a veto in all sets of circumstances, the message that sends to Saddam is ‘you are off the hook.'”
For their rich oil contracts, France and Russia is willing to let terrorists bring death and destruction to the United States. Chemical and biological weapons, that even the French say Saddam has, are available to terrorists. Walking through our weakly guarded boarders, one lone terrorist with his small bottle of Iraqi anthrax will be able to spread fear, panic and death to hundreds of thousands of Californians.
The true colors of most anti-war protesters came out when they trashed a 9/11 memorial in southern California and have announced to commit civil disobedience should the war start. They show peace is not their agenda and are now less than honorable.
Paul Grannis
Hollister
