--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Though not as much as US and Saddam during the Iran/Iraq war...and > > please don't conveniently forget the technology we supplied to > Saddam > > to make chemical weapons which he used both on Iran and the Kurds. > > > > > Our main contribution to Iraq during the Iran/Iraq war was acting as > a go-between with our allies who had Soviet-compatible weapons and > ammo to replenish his supplies. > > We didn't sell him that many arms or ammo or whatever. We just made > it possible for him to get them from non-Soviet sources because the > Soviets were annoyed at him for waging war with another USSR client > state, so they'd seriously cut his supply line as punishment. > > We took advantage of this in order to gain influence over him by > stepping in to fill the void. > > Direct sales from the US to Iraq were relatively slim during that > time, although we DID take Iraq off the list of no-no nations so we > could sell him dual-use chemicals. To justify this, we even declared > that it was the Iranians who had gassed the Kurds, not the Iraqis, > which will make Saddam's trial over this issue quite interesting, if > it ever happens. > Thanks for the details. My point being that we [usa] will gladly hop into bed with the worst of the worst if it serves our often shortsighted foreign policy objectives. Thank God the 'cold war' is over, though I honestly thought diplomatic initiatives would've been used more effectively and taken more seriously now.
A real shame that so much of the usa economy is built on supporting the military. Sure makes it more difficult to move in a peaceful direction. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
