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A Friendship Sours.

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Our Oct. 6 coverage of the Franco-American split divided readers as well. Wrote one, "I love America." Said another, "The perceived rift is with Bush." A third insisted, "It's all about politics and money."

The Feud With France

One has to be naive to believe that French intentions toward Iraq were (and are) very different from America's ("The Great Divide," Oct. 6). In fact, France's attempt to stop the British-American invasion was not aimed at obstructing it or offering another approach to the matter. Rather, it's that France is not militarily powerful like the United States, and so it was forced to insist on a diplomatic solution. Unfortunately, ...

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