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The US supported both Iran and Iraq in their war against each other, which makes sense if the end-goal was to weaken both. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E
by alrs 9y ago
The US supported both Iran and Iraq in their war against each other, which makes sense if the end-goal was to weaken both.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/26/world/us-secretly-gave-aid-to-iraq-early-in-its-war-against-iran.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=3 http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/26/world/us-secretly-gave-aid...
- pm90 9y agoThis comment is quite misleading. The US did support Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. The Iran-Contra affair, if you read the article you linked to, was an attempt to free American hostages held by Hezbollah (an Iranian funded group) while also procuring illicit money to pay the Contras. i.e. US sells weapons to Iran, Iran pays US, Hezbollah frees hostages, US pays the money from Iran to Contras. The US never supported Iran the way it supported Iraq; the USG has been pretty anti-Iran every since the Islamic revolution, and specifically the storming of the US embassy in Teheran.
- alrs 9y agoAnti-Iran since 1979? Not yet both parties in 1980, allegedly. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/world/new-reports-say-1980-reagan-campaign-tried-to-delay-hostage-release.html?mcubz=3 http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/world/new-reports-say-1980... https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/11/the-october-surprise-was-real/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/11/the-october-surprise...
- parthdesai 9y agoand for US military industries to profit.