I believe the US supported both sides, but it was at different times, wasn't it? What he is saying is true, but so is Iran Contra.
On 12/4/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/2/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whatever you're smoking I'd cut back. That's the opposite of what happened. > > Although given you past performance, I'm not surprised. > > Your comments make no sense. You just proved my point that the US > supported both sides but just enough so neither would win. DUH. > > > 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) > > > You take a tiny sample of dual use seeds and use it to blame the US > for everything. > > http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/cw/az120103.html > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction > > > > > > Trust you to get the facts not only wrong, but exactly the opposite to what > > happened. > > > How is it opposite, it's the same? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221633 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
