PING!
Is this guy, like, nuts or what?
I bet he does. He never had it so good.
So things don't get out of hand here. Do let us remember we sold him a bunch of small chopers, forget the model Bells, for commercial use. We did not sell him any planes. Nor ordnance or munitions to wage war with. Just to clear up any "cloud" that could enter someones mind as they read this barn stuff.
During the Reagan years, we didn't want Iran or Iraq winning the war between them. It wouldn't surprise me if we gave them enough intel or other minimal means of support to keep the balance. Keeping two destructive regimes busy, read that too busy to target others, is not such a bad idea.
Look what happened when Hussein was freed up after that war.
Both Iran and IRaq are enemies of the United States.There are two factors.. If they are fighting each other they are not likely to have the ability to harm us. And as long as they are at war with each other both nations would have to pump all the oil they could to pay for the war. The more oil they pumped the cheaper gasoline was .. Remember 85 cent gasoline?
Reagan therefor had Ollie North doing the following. Help which ever side is losing at the moment. If Iraq is losing sell Saddam arms. If Saddam starts to win sell Iran arms to tip the balance.
Reagan was helping Iran as well as Iraq. He wwas helping whoever was losing at the momemt. Democratrs ending that policy is what Iran Contra was about.
I think it was a good policy. Helping your enemies kill each other is not a bad policy. And Saddam going after Iran was better than Saddam going after Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
If that policy had been continued it is possible that a very long an difficult war could haved broght about the over throw of both the government of Iran and Iraq.
When enough soldiers have died in a fruitless winless war, the amries tend to turn on their Natioal leaders. If that had happened we woiuld be a lot better off today.
However the Democrats needed a scandal so they ran with Iran Contra.. AS a result we have to face the Mullahs still in power and we have lost over 2000 lives taking Saddam down with our troops.
Of course as soon as Saddam got out of the War with Iran he set up to capture Kuwait and Saudi. It cost us a bundle to reverse that and to prevent him from taking Saudi.
Imagine what wouild have happened if Saddam had Kuwait and Saudi.. Can you say 150 dollar a barrel oil and Saddam with Nukes purchased from the Russians pointed at the entire USA?
'I wish things were like when Ronald Reagan was still president,'
Hey those times were good for us too! Saddam is now officially smarter, in my book, than many American liberal Democrats..
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.-Winston Churchill
Is the MSM playing this up either to continue smearing Reagan, to get Saddam sympathy from the Right, or to get the left to finally say something bad about Hussein?