"What is this war (in Iraq) good for? Great PR for Russian weapons, says Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov. Russian military experts are predicting that the performance of old Soviet weapons against U.S. forces will help boost demand for Russian tanks and anti-tank missiles – especially among the countries that belong to the so-called "axis of evil.""
Whether there was a war in Iraq or not would not change what weapons are being made and sold. Saddam could well have been the intended buyer of these weapons, especially in an algore administration.