Comment Re:Proof (Score 1) 546
They wouldn't blindly do something just because the Americans wanted them to. Remember, the British courageously stood up to the Americans and told them were wrong about invading Iraq.
Wait a minute, that was France...
France and Germany. Who both coincidentally owned the oil company that was already pumping and shipping Saddam's oil. Unsurprisingly, they were also the ones that had been trying to lift sanctions on Iraq.
Russia had a say too, but they just flat out said they did't care so long as their deals with Iraq for Oil were honored by any new government.