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To: KyrosL who wrote (130685)	4/30/2004 6:34:10 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Actually we helped Saddam in pretty overt ways. The reason we didn't sell him arms was simple: there is a US law that prevents the US from selling arms to combatants (unless they are allies.) And he forgets the "arms for hostages" scandal, where the US was providing actual weapons to Iran... So to claim we were the primary suppliers of Iraq is ridiculous.. Iraq broke off diplomatic relations with the US in 1967.. It wasn't until the Rumsfeld visit in 1983, and the removal of Iraq from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, that the Reagan administation attempted to garner some measure of influence with Saddam's government. But by and large, the greatest amount of actual support, military and political, came from Russia. Why is it that people deliberatly continue to ignore those FACTS, preferring rather to blame the US? What is it with this self-hatred and failure to perceive the world as it really is?? Geezus people... if such folks don't like the US, get the hell out and move to France.. Go seek a kindred spirit there... Thanks for letting me rant Kyrosl.. Hawk