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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (449180)1/21/2009 11:22:16 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1575774
 
"A black market existed in these parts. We know that much. "

We do? How?

Making shit up again?

"I know of no credible evidence that the Reagan administration participated in that market."

We do know that the Reagan administration sold Iran weapons from Iran/Contra. What we don't know is the full extent of it. That was closed down when Bush the Old issued all those pardons.

"You can't make engine parts in your garage but a well-equipped facility certainly can make many of them."

Only if you have the tooling. Even the Soviet Union, at its height, couldn't match the tolerances we could machine to.
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