From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:14:34 +0100, Adam Flinton wrote:
>
>
>>Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:34:11 -0400, Robert Comer
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Why did we supply Stalin?  Enemy of my enemy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>We supplied Saddam more than just what they used in the Iran war.
>>>>
>>>>- Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>And you think Stalin didn't stash anything?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>yeah, all those propeller driven piston engine fighters were just so
>>current in the 50'es esp without spare parts.
>>
>>Adam
>
>
> Parts just require a machine shop. And P51's shot down Russian supplied NK
> jets.
>
> I love how you apparently think we should have kept Saddam on the end of a
> "Just in time" armaments supply line..."Here are your
bullets soldier,
> sign here." "Who the heck are
you?" "Just your American
> arms representative, can't let you have more than 20 rounds at a time!"
>
> Anyone notice that despite all the claims that we sold the Iraqis these
> mass quantities of arms, everytime you look around, pretty much everything
> was of Soviet or French manufacture?
>
>

Yup coz at the time when he bought most of it the Shah was your golden boy
& to sell tomcats & top of the line destroyers etc to both would
have caused offence to both.

Adam

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