In article ,
"ArVa" wrote:

You really don't understand much (and know even less) if you still believe
that the oil was the French government's main motive... (though it certainly
was a concern).

Yeah - it was the cash payments to French politicians that was really
important, with future armaments sales ciming in a close second.

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