You rest a lot of faith in the "green light". Apparently Carter (a warmonger if we've ever had one) did nothing about Saddam's intention to invade Iran. The truth is we couldn't do anything anyway - except supply parts for Iran's F4 Phantoms.
When Saddam went into Iran, he went with 190,000 men, 2,200 tanks, and 450 planes.
The Russians gave him tanks and planes. We gave him a green light. Later on, when the 'tanker war' began, Saddam bought 30 Mirages, complete with Exojets, from the French. That allowed him to kill a lot of merchant seamen.
I wonder if we gave an amber light for the 'tanker war"? I'm sure he would have preferred a few more jets.
Naaah!
Of course the Iranians made a fool out of Carter. I suppose the "green light" was Carter's a reaction to that. Meanwhile, the other surrounding countries were happy to have Saddam attack - they were scared of Iranian power.
Apparently everyone knew about the imminent invasion except the Iranians. That's kind of funny.
The Iranians stopped Saddam's modern Russian weapons with mass attacks in which slaughter didn't matter. Should it ever come to that, what would American soldiers do if 200,000 Iranians came at them, including 9 year old "soldiers". The Iraqi's Russian tanks, guns, and helicopter gun-ships slaughtered by the tens of thousands - but were still overwhelmed.
What would we do - if we found ourselves in such a position.?
Harry ---------------------------------------------------------
Ray wrote:
Well, you can protest all you want but the statement reads:
5. BOTH SADAT AND FAHD PROVIDED OTHER BITS OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. (E.G. IRAN IS RECEIVING MILITARY SPARES FRO U.S. EQUIPMENT FROM ISRAEL). IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING TO CONFIRM THAT PRESIDENT CARTER GAVE THE IRAQIS A GREEN LIGHT TO LAUNCH THE WAR AGAINST IRAN THROUGH FAHD.
9 talking points prepared and used by Secretary of State Alexander Haig in 1981.
Was classified and now dug up and published for the first time by Frank Parry of Iran/Contra fame.
<http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/haig-docs.html>http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/haig-docs.html
Say whatever you want Harry. Why don't call up Haig, he made the statement. But what do I know. I'm not a pundit just an opera director trying to connect the dots.
REH
P.S. note that Haig admits to illegally selling arms to Iran through Israel in defiance of the US law. If that was a Democrat doing such things Anne Coulter would have listed him in her book on Traitors.
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