"I don't recall anyone supporting it. Look, if rouge arms dealers sell stock, that's not foreign policy. It works the same in Russia as here in the USA."
Russia is arming virtually ALL of America's enemies. When confronted, the Russians simply lie. In the case of Iran, the Russian's claim they are building their nuclear capability for "peaceful purposes." In the case of Iraq, they claim that the arms sales are the fault of uncontrollable "rogue" arms dealers. Perhaps the following link will help shed more light on the subject:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1252938/posts
More like selling arms to anybody that's buying.
That article was published in '92 and the stuff covered was from the 50's through the 70's. The Russians were our enemy back then. Look, do I think realpolitik isn't being playing in international affairs between the US and Russia? Of course. I look upon Russia with tepidity.