And I thought USA armed Iraq (1975-1992)

[Patroklos]

I don't recall seeing media claims that the USA was the primary supplier of Saddam's weaponry. Ever.

You encounter it on lefty blogs consistantly. People hear about "support" and then assume it was weapons.

Maybe you're too young to remember, but during the first war against Iraq in '91, you never saw the Iraqis with US weapons. All their burning tanks, APCs, missiles, AAA, planes, helicopters, small arms - not US made.

QFT.

[dannubis]

And, was that as good for you as it was for your hand ?

[Theben]

Iraq's main supplier was always the Soviets, b/c at the time we were supporting the Shah in Iran.

The leftist sites showing the US as a supplier mainly show Rumsfeld brokering an arms deal with Saddam- which was a response to the govt's hawkish rhetoric wrt Saddam prior to the current war. I.e., they're hypocrites.

[Patroklos]

And, was that as good for you as it was for your hand ?

Highlighting the truth is normally good for me.

[dannubis]

Mobius received less leniency.

Of course, cooked Iraqi is less of an issue than Prepare Americain right ?

[PLATO]

If I recall correctly, it was money and intelligence. The sattelite imagery we provided them during the war led to their initial success

[Wernazuma III]

Re: And I thought USA armed Iraq (1975-1992)

Originally posted by CrONoS
Even Austria had more trade with Iraq than USA.

And neutral as we are, we also sold weapons to Iran.
I wonder why only our Iran sales caused international problems.