--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 4/14/06 1:58:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Then after the Iranian revolution, we cozied up to Saddam and gave > him whatever he wanted militarily, including poison gas, to use > against Iran. > > > > Please, go into detail on this. I like the whatever he wanted militarily, > including poison gas part best. >
When Saddam broke away from the USSR by attacking Iran (another Soviet Client State in the Middle East), he left an opportunity for the US to exert greater influence in the region, so we turned a blind eye to his use of WMDs and Congress changed the law to allow dual-use chemicals to be sold to him. The CIA even went so far as to claim that it was the Iranians who gassed the Kurds to keep Iraq off the shit-lists as a terrorist nation. We also made sure that he had access to soviet-compatible ammo from our allies. We sold him very few weapons directly because all of his stuff was soviet-made, but we made sure he had access to replacement parts and ammo. We even tried to get him to buy from Israel, but he refused. Later on, the Soviets realized their mistake and repaired relations with him. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
