Sorry MOR, while there are plenty of examples of the US being naughty and arming Iraq, when you say that Iraq 'invaded Kuwait using US-made weapons and tactics' you are pretty much completely wrong. Understandable, it's a furphy that's been repeated often enough in the past few years.
So, for the record, here's what they had:
Fighters: French & Russian (Mirage F-1, Mig 21/23/25/27/29)
Bombers: Russian (Su-24 - not that they were much help,
seeing as they nicked off to Iran)
Tanks: Russian (T-72 etc)
SAMs: Russian (SA2,3,6,7 etc), French (Roland/Crotale), American (I think from memory they had a couple of Hawk batteries, but a pretty minor contribution in the big scheme of things)
Surface-surface missiles: Russian (ever heard of a SCUD?)
Small arms: Russian (Kalashnikov etc)
AAA: Russian (ZSUs various)
I'm sure I've left out plenty of stuff (not much of it American), but the overall picture stays the same. This was basically not an American-equipped war machine, nor did it fight like one. So be a good chap, admit you're wrong and apologise to Gnadenburg.
