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In article <892dnbGwhIzhhajYRVnyvA@pipex.net>,
"T Wake" <usenet.es7at@gishpuppy.com> wrote:
in the soil.
US put it on the restricted export list. Yet you seem to blame
the US for all the killings even though other countries also
supplied similar chemicals.
for all the ills in the world.
<snip another question ignored>
Iran to acquire Iraq? This has to be answered within the context
of the Cold War. Pay particular attention to what the fUSSR
was achieving in disarming Europe.
from the "and elsewhere"?
on at the time. This dominated all countries' politics and
seemed to be reaching a crescendo during the early 80s.
imply that the US was the primary supplier. This is the illogic
that I was trying to get at.
write crazy books? Am I supposed to assume that all their
writings were lies?
commercial business is run, your assumptions that US
businesses only do what the government allows will be wrong.
European politics is still within a royalty mindset where
nothing is allowed unless the governing body Oks the request.
Things tend to be the reverse in the US. Until a product
is deemed harmful or not desirable, for whatever reason,
there generally isn't any restriction (other than tax
and contract law) to making stuff.
Please note that there is a difference between laws and politics.
European economy has constraints from unions. Ours doesn't
in today's markets.
/BAH
"T Wake" <usenet.es7at@gishpuppy.com> wrote:
Which need to be made. These compounds do not occur naturallyjmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
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In article <eh01a0$ape$1@leto.cc.emory.edu>,
lparker@emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
Actually we sold him weapons,
What percentage of all Iraq's purchases were from the US
government?
What, if it's only 50% that makes it OK?
You dodged answering the question. What percentage? Be specific.
we sold him the materials to make chemical
weapons.
Which materials?
The precursor chemicals.
Specify. I suspect you don't want to make that list because
I could buy most of them at the drug store.
I doubt if you would find any of the reactive starting materials for CW
like phosphorous chloride, fluoride, oxychloride, thionyl chloride or
any of the other more complex intermediates like trimethyl phosphite
(some of which have legitimate use in plastics and insecticides) on any
drug store shelf.
I have my chemistry book, also known as the recipe book. Now specify
the ingredients needed to make those dishes you've just listed.
They were ingredients.
in the soil.
So, once somebody used certain chemicals to do mass killings theThese days even legitimate industrial users of
organophosphorous compounds are vetted.
But the poster wasn't talking about these days. He was talking
about 25 years ago.
Yes, 25 years ago there was less vetting. Now there is more.
US put it on the restricted export list. Yet you seem to blame
the US for all the killings even though other countries also
supplied similar chemicals.
You are illogical in your zeal to make the US responsibleYour point?
for all the ills in the world.
You should sit down and make a diary of events w.r.t. time.The US even sold Iraq helicopters and heavy vehicles on a don't ask
don't tell basis. As did the UK, Germany and even Israel... see for
example the WSU website (and links).
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
Exports of obvious CW precursors from US companies (and in theory their
overseas subsiduaries) were eventually blocked in March 1984 according
to the WSU article. That sounds about right to me.
And why did those ingredients get on the US' restriction list?
Well do you mean after Saddam stopped being America's great ally in the
region?
<snip another question ignored>
Now, why did Regan decide that it was not a good idea forCheck out the infamous Matrix-Churchill show trial and the UK
government whitewash that followed its collapse.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/15/newsid_2544000
/2
544355.stm
I ain't going to go look for that. I thought the guy was accusing
the United _States_ for handing free weapons and components over
to Iraq--not United Kingdom.
Matrix Churchill was an example (remember the supergun which was mentioned
previously?) of how the UK/US (allies on the war in Iraq remember, the UK is
the most vocal european supporter of US policies) have a dual standard at
times.
If you think the fact the example was a UK company means the US were guilt
free I suggest you look at:
"In June, 1982, President Reagan decided that the United States could not
afford to allow Iraq to lose the war to Iran. President Reagan decided that
the United States would do whatever was necessary and legal to prevent Iraq
from losing the war with Iran. President Reagan formalized this policy by
issuing a National Security Decision Directive ("NSDD") to this effect in
June, 1982," said the "Teicher Affidavit," submitted on 31 January 1995 by
former NSC official Howard Teicher to the U.S. District Court, Southern
District of Florida.
Iran to acquire Iraq? This has to be answered within the context
of the Cold War. Pay particular attention to what the fUSSR
was achieving in disarming Europe.
Note the "and elsewhere". What percentage of Iraq's imports cameand
Much of what Iraq received from the US, however, were not arms per se, but
so-called dual-use technology- mainframe computers, armored ambulances,
helicopters, chemicals, and the like, with potential civilian uses as well
as military applications. It is now known that a vast network of companies,
based in the U.S. and elsewhere, fed Iraq's warring capabilities right up
until August 1990, when Saddam invaded Kuwait
from the "and elsewhere"?
Good grief. You are hopeles..[Both properly referenced on Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran-Iraq_war].
Or are you trying to get people to believe that everything the
UK did was also the US' fault?
Strawman based on a misconception that the UK dislikes the US.
Ah, so you are goingt to completely ignore the Cold War goingRumsfield went over there and embraced him and told him he was our
friend.
What was the context of this visit?
A promotional sales tour to help the Iraqis to win the Iran-Iraq war.
Win? I don't think so. In those days, most deals had to do with
keeping strengths equal with the Communists' (mostly fUSSR) satellites.
See above.
on at the time. This dominated all countries' politics and
seemed to be reaching a crescendo during the early 80s.
5% implies that 95% came from elsewhere. Yet your arugmentsNow, what percentage of Iraq imports were from US companies?
Well in 1988 it was 5.44% of the arms imports (*). Not sure about other
products.
Is that an acceptable percentage?
imply that the US was the primary supplier. This is the illogic
that I was trying to get at.
I have visited Europe. Did Churchill, Thatcher, and WilsonEuropeans have hidden assumptions about US companies and how they
function because their environment is based on their socailist
govnerments controlling production.
Pure nonsense. Spend less time reading crazy books and try to visit Europe.
write crazy books? Am I supposed to assume that all their
writings were lies?
No, it's not a strawman. Until you understand how ourThis is not how business
works in the US. Europeans have this subtle assumption and
don't seem to be able to realize that companies in the US
never first ask if they can manufacture a foo before they
build the plant.
Strawman.
commercial business is run, your assumptions that US
businesses only do what the government allows will be wrong.
European politics is still within a royalty mindset where
nothing is allowed unless the governing body Oks the request.
Things tend to be the reverse in the US. Until a product
is deemed harmful or not desirable, for whatever reason,
there generally isn't any restriction (other than tax
and contract law) to making stuff.
Please note that there is a difference between laws and politics.
European economy has constraints from unions. Ours doesn't
in today's markets.
==
(*) Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
SIPRI makes the following comment of the methodology of this table: "The
SIPRI data on arms transfers refer to actual deliveries of major
conventional weapons. To permit comparison between the data on such
deliveries of different weapons and identification of general trends, SIPRI
uses a trend-indicator value. The SIPRI values are therefore only an
indicator of the volume of international arms transfers and not of the
actual financial values of such transfers."
/BAH