The United State GAVE weapons to Iraq is that not true??

Question

Its not that G.W. Bush lied, he is trying to cover someone elses butt for helping the Arab nation fight off Soviet soldiers in the 70's. We didnt plant the weapons, we gave them weapons for our best interest, oil. Oil is the weapon of mass destruction...why would that be? My opinion: Oil is becoming scarce, as we all know with gas prices sky-rocketing. Nations will be starting to fight for it. Oil is so powerful, that it may just kill millions...wht are your thoughts?

Answer 1

You ever seen the picture of Rumsfeld meeting with Saddam in the early 80's?

And yes, we aided Iraq in their war against Iran because the Islamic revolution threatened our oil supply if it spread and Arab nations nationalized their oil fields, kicking out the big oil companies.

How's that for a flip-flop? Saddam was our ally, before he wasn't.

Answer 2

It depends on which weapons you're talking about. Most of the basic weapons - rifles (AK-47), tanks (T-62 and T-64 among others), attack helicopters (Hind-29) and artillery pieces - came from the Soviet Union. Saddam's jet fighters came from the USSR and France. Another acquisition from France was the sarin chemical weapons shells and the specialized rifled artillery to fire it - some of which were bought *after* the 1993 cease-fire.

If you're talking about the chemical weapons used in the Iran-Iraq war and later against the Kurds, that was primarily old-fashioned mustard gas. The Stockholm International Peace Studies Institute - not exactly a fan of Pres. Bush or the United States - was the only 'western' agency able to access the munitions and victims involved in those attacks; their conclusion was that the gas was of domestic manufacture. This isn't exactly surprising because the technology is a century old and it can be made from common cheap ingredients; moreover, the US has not produced mustard gas since the 1950's and it has a shelf life of about 2 months.

It is true that Donald Rumsfeld made a visit in 1984, in which he arranged credit for Saddam to purchase troop transport choppers (UH-60 type); the deal was never completed. There are those who want you to think he was selling Saddam chemical weapons at the same time; as noted, this would not have been possible - especially since Saddam had already been using them since at least 1982.

I'm sorry to say that the situation is not quite what the simplistic bumper-sticker nonsense at MoveOn.org would have you think.

Answer 3

So we are supposed to predict 20-30 years in the future who is going to be an enemy and who is going to be a friend?

BTW the weapon sales are public record so there is no point in "covering up" anything.

Oil companies control the gas prices, the president does not, you don't like it blame oil companies.

Oil is not scare, there are large deposits in Colorado, the gulf of Mexico, California, and Alaska, there are also oil fields in Darfur. but environmentalist do not want us to tap these resources, so blame them for low supply as well.

Have you actually done research or are you just spouting off angry nonsense to make your self feel good?

Until we can build a premonition machine, until we open up the other oil resources, and until we get a handle on oil companies things are going to be like this. Quit blaming Bush for everything, he may not be the greatest president ever but he is hardly to blame for all the worlds woes either.

Answer 4

If oil is becoming scarce, explain what the Canadians have stored up in their rocks up north. It sure doesn't look like dyed water to me. In fact, I think it might be enough oil to supply the Earth for 400 years. Imagine that...

Answer 5

the truth is back in the day when tension between Iran and US was really high. when Iran-Iraq war broke out, the US used the opportunity and supported Saddam to crush Iran. We DID gave supplies to make weapon (INCLUDES chemical weapons) to Saddam. its like giving him wood, saws, and concrete to make a house.

so after the war, US began to hate Iraq too and then told it to destroy every mass destruction weapons. what the public didnt know was that those weapons were made from the supplies which came from the US.

Answer 6

Yes, we gave weapons to Iran, and to the Taliban in Afghanistan. And we did it on the sound military and political maxim "The Enemy of my Enemy is MY Friend."

Iraq was fighting Iran and killing hundreds of thousands of Iranian soldiers. Iran was our enemy.

The Taliban was killing Soviet soldiers. The Soviet Union was our enemy.

FWIW, I will never forget the night I heard of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I laughed until I was literally rolling on the floor holding my sides. People were looking at me as if I'd lost my mind. When I finally caught my breath well enough to answer the many questions of "What the hell is so funny?", I replied, "The Soviets have themselves a "Vietnam" that will bleed them white, the same way we did in Vietnam." And I was right.

Doc Hudson

Answer 7

When it comes to the Soviets, I believe it was *Afghanistan* to which we gave arms. However, I believe we also gave weapons to Iraq in order to fight Iran.

Answer 8

Not only did the US furnish all the weapons for the Iraq military but who did you think was instrumental in helping Saddam come to power in the first place? The US. IT is Columbia all over again, The US has propped up so many petty dictators around the world and then we're shocked when things do not work he way we want.

Answer 9

That is true... but only to fight Iran, not to threaten our oil interests in the gulf

Bad sadaam.. bad

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But we give weapons to everyone..so its not like Iraq was special...

Answer 10

We gave weapons to everyone in the middle east in the hopes they would all destroy themselves, then we would come in and claim it all. Seriously...we gave weapons to both Iraq and Iran. India, pakistan, afghanistan...all got weapons from america.