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Old 3rd Nov 2005, 20:32
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Like with the first gulf war. The USA had just provided Saddam with a shed load of munitions to fight the Iran-Iraq war and then under a year later they are being used against American and coalition forces.
Really? And just which weapons were those?

Did the US provide Saddam with AK47s and RPGs? No, that was all sov-block stuff.

Did the US provide Saddam with squad automatic weapons and AAA? No, that was all sov-block stuff.

How about artillery? Nope, that was sov-block and some South African.

Did the US provide Saddam with armor? Nope, he got those T72s and BMPs from the sov-block.

Did the US provide Saddam with Migs and Sukhois and Mirages? Nope, those came from the USSR and France.

Did the US provide Saddam with IL-76 transport aircraft? Nope.

How about his helicopters? Most were Soviet, some French.

How about his SAM? Nope, Soviet and French.

So do tell, g126. Where are the shedloads of weapons that the US provided to Saddam?

If you're going to do the usual pprune yank-bashing willy-waving, next time how about bashing us for something we actually did?
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