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03-30-2003, 05:04 PM | #16 | |
Wharf Rat
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And can you tell me what percentage of all the military hardware sold to Iraq was made up of US goods, regardless of their original purpose? Oh, okay, I'll answer. Nothing in the 1970s. Zippo. In the eighties we sold them: 86 civilian helicopters 30 military helicopters. 200 million dollars worth of hardware, totalling less than one percent of what Iraq bought in a 25 year span. Anybody care how much some other countries sold them from the seventies up until the gulf war? Well, hell, I'll list them anyway. Russia 25 Billion France 5.6 Billion China 5.2 Billion Czech 2.9 Billion Poland 1.7 Billion Brazil 724 million Egypt 568 millon Romania 524 million Denmark 226 million Libya 200 million USA (Finally!) 200 million Maybe Russia China and France are just afraid that Iraq's inability to utilize that 35 billion dollars worth of hardware might be bad for their military industrial complex. Talk about bad press. I hear Saddam owes Russia 7 billion dollars in back payments on this stuff, too. Wonder how much France is owed... |
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03-30-2003, 08:23 PM | #17 |
St Petersburg, Florida
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I don't want to seem ungrateful for the itemized list Scred, but could you list the source please.
We are on the same side of this debate, I just like to see people that I agree with to list credible sources so they don't get flamed.That way I can feel as though I am on the correct side of the argument without really doing any research. Hey, I'm honest. Last edited by slang; 03-30-2003 at 08:27 PM. |
03-30-2003, 09:14 PM | #18 | |
Wharf Rat
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Stockholm International Peace Research Instititute http://www.sipri.se/ specifically, there's some PDFs on this page - horribly formatted but enlightening nonetheless. Transfers to Iraq |
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03-31-2003, 02:12 PM | #19 |
Radical Centrist
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The guy I listed above as "Naive Fool II" has his own article:
http://assyrianchristians.com/i_was_wrong_mar_26_03.htm |
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