To: SunkenCiv
remember Iraq was a client state of Russia before we arrived on the scene. Their military equipment was Russian, and their units has Russian advisers embedded.The Russians defended them for 12 years before the Security Council for the we were unsuccessfully trying to get UN action. The Russians and Iraq were tight.
7 posted on
10/09/2012 5:39:14 PM PDT by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: elpadre
Thanks, I’m glad someone said that.
9 posted on
10/09/2012 5:47:15 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: elpadre
Precisely - reestablishing old ties.
11 posted on
10/09/2012 6:30:55 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
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