> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:51 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: US support of Saudi, non-support of Iraq > > <end quote> > > sorry, dan, that is a right wing myth!~) do you really think > everything the us spends of weapons is reported too the GAO, or > anywhere else for that matter?
Not everything no. But, the illegal sales of billions of dollars worth of weapons involves a lot of logistics that would be essentially impossible to keep secret. >arms dealing is a global phenomenon, think of it as private enterprise >in action. It is...and it is possible for companies to violate US laws. But, from the track record of modest sales being found out and prosecuted, the idea that, for example, McDonald Douglas sold 20 fighter jets to Iraq without anybody noticing strains credibility. That's what you're arguing, right? The USSR sold about 30 billion dollars worth of weapons to Iraq from 1967-90; France and China 5 billion. For the US to be a player, the sales would have to be in the 5 billion range. Finally, the US army fought the Iraq army in two wars. In both wars, the US found plenty of weapons made in Russia, France and China. But, very little that was made in the US was found...and that was mostly older stuff. For there to be a conspiracy, average GIs had to be part of it. Don't you think a tank gunner who inspected his kill would say "$%&&&, that's an M1 tank?" if that's what he hit? After the invasion of Iraq, GIs were all over, looking for non-existent WMD. Don't you think that if there were tons upon tons of US weapons, some regular GIs might have noticed. Now, if you are arguing that we made some small key sales to Iraq during the '80s in order to ensure that Iran didn't overrun Iraq...then that's possible. But, if it were larger than that, it would be detectable. >the us operates both > covert and overt methods, as do other countries, and corporations. The US does....but sales of big things like tanks and planes are really hard to keep secret. > the > bottom line is that saddam was singled out for reasons i will get into > when i have more time. I have a hunch you will find some super secret reasons. Why not at least consider the obvious ones? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
