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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (11637)	2/21/2003 10:52:35 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Do you rewrite history in your head , always this inaccurately ? Do you dream this stuff up , or does it just dribble off your chin all by itself? Again you display your supreme gift of irony The most unlikely country to support Iran was Israel, given that the revolutionary government had replaced the country's longstanding alliance with an obsessive and hostile anti-Zionism. Still, the Israelis did provide some arms to their Iranian enemies. Why? Two main reasons: One is that Israel often subscribes to the Middle East dictum, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," and Iraq was viewed as a more immediate danger. A large number of Jews remained in Iran, and the Israelis hoped to essentially buy their safety while covert and not-so-covert efforts were undertaken throughout the war to get Iranian Jews out of the country. Iraq's support came primarily from the Gulf states, which that viewed Iran as the greater danger to their security. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait each provided billions of dollars in loans and grants. Egypt and Jordan provided some weapons and supplies. The United States, France, and the Soviet Union also sided with the Iraqis. us-israel.org you say So the Israeli's were supplying the Iranians with the f-4 Phantoms Ironic, you should talk about Phantoms. But then you are such a champion of irony. And of history. Now show me a source showing your side of real history. Or forever hold your peace on this thread.