Some context. We sold mostly TOW missiles to Iran thru Israel. And spare parts. Iraq Iran war had started in 1980. We sold to both sides. We are the largest arms dealer on the planet. Iran had an aging war machine from the Shah days. A military supplied by us. We wanted this war to drag on. And the kicker? We also wanted off the books money to fight communism in South America.
I for one have no problem with this affair. We were in a world of fighting commies. And the dems supported the commies every chance they got.
Some context. We sold mostly TOW missiles to Iran thru Israel. And spare parts. Iraq Iran war had started in 1980. We sold to both sides. We are the largest arms dealer on the planet. Iran had an aging war machine from the Shah days. A military supplied by us. We wanted this war to drag on. And the kicker? We also wanted off the books money to fight communism in South America.
I for one have no problem with this affair. We were in a world of fighting commies. And the dems supported the commies every chance they got.