>So your claiming they released the hostages because Reagan was going >to sell them arms years later? That's a far-fetched idea. > >Arming Iran was more about stopping Iraq from winning then it was >about trying to befriend Iran. Keeping them at equal strength meant a >longer war that made the rest of the world safe.
Whatever you're smoking I'd cut back. That's the opposite of what happened. Although given you past performance, I'm not surprised. The reality is that the US armed and supplied Iraq against Iran in the 8 year conflict Iran-Iraq War. US companies were given government sanction to supply Iraq with precursor chemicals and agents for WMD's. For instance in 1986 during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980's Iraq imported anthrax samples from American Type Culture Collection under export license approval from the Commerce Department. Similarly American companies supplied the precursor chemicals used to create the nerve and mustard gas used in attacks on the Kurds and Shites in the 1990's (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A52241-2002Dec29) Trust you to get the facts not only wrong, but exactly the opposite to what happened. > >On 12/1/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> and hey, look who was in it up to his pinkies... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra_Affair >> >> On 12/1/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > more that they really liked Reagan... >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
