Mediterranean and the Red seas
France was a wealthier country than Britain, and its national debt was no greater than the British one. ... The financial strain of servicing old debt and the excesses of the current royal court caused dissatisfaction with the monarchy, contributed to national unrest, and culminated in the French Revolution of 1789.
B. It's been proven that top officials knew there were no weapons or attempts to make them, and furthermore Saddam brutally suppressed Al-Qaeda as a threat to his power.