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2005-06-22 Iraq-Jordan

Saddam misses Ronald Reagan, US soldiers say

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-06-22 06:43|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Praise bounteous
providence if you will
that grants even an ogre
a tiny glow-worm
tenderness encapsulated
in icy caverns of a cruel
heart or else despair
for in every germ
of that kindred love is
lodged the perpetuity
of evil.
-Chinua Achebe

Posted by Gorkys Zygotic Minky 2005-06-22 08:50|| 2005-06-22 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 So do I.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-06-22 09:35|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-06-22 09:35|| Front Page Top

#3 The jailed former Iraqi leader described how Mr Reagan, who was president during the time of Iraq's 1980-88 war with Iran, sold him planes and helicopters.

There it is, right out of the horse's mouth.

So, anyone still feel like reciting the U.S.-armed-Saddam routine again?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-22 09:46|| 2005-06-22 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Right after the Roosevelt armed Stalin recital.

Posted by Snolunter Elmineger5424 2005-06-22 11:27|| 2005-06-22 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 At least we sold it to him instead of giving it away for free like technology to the chinese in exchange for campaign contributions.

Posted by JackAssFestival 2005-06-22 11:34|| 2005-06-22 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, I was waiting for that too, BaR! I always get pissed (and, heck, I was around 10 years old at the time) when people look at lines like that and say "See, the U.S. creates it's own monsters!" You've gotta take that action (selling weaponry to Iraq) in context of the time the decision was made! For pete's sake, I was 10 at the time, and can see why he did what he did (we'd just gotten our hostages home from Tehran).

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-22 15:03|| 2005-06-22 15:03|| Front Page Top

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