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Being president of a large country pretty much guarantees you've had to lie and cheat at least a little bit to get there. For one random example (not being a h
by jbooth 13y ago
Being president of a large country pretty much guarantees you've had to lie and cheat at least a little bit to get there.
For one random example (not being a huge student of 21st century Russia), he promised Bush that he wasn't arming Saddam's troops. Turned out they were outfitted with a lot of Russian anti-tank and night vision gear when we got there.
- rfctr 13y agoProof, please? Soviet-designed doesn't mean Russian. Soviet designs are in manufacturing all over the world, including countries much closer to Iraq.
- jbooth 13y agohttp://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/01/10/evidence_cited_of_russian_arms_in_iraq/ http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/01/10/evidenc... It's a he said, she said, of course.
- andreypopp 13y ago> For one random example (not being a huge student of 21st century Russia), he promised Bush that he wasn't arming Saddam's troops. Turned out they were outfitted with a lot of Russian anti-tank and night vision gear when we got there. That doesn't say anything about Russia arming Saddam's troops. I'm sure there are a lot of cases U.S. arming their "allies" and then these weapons in some way became available to terrorists... I simply don't think it is possible to know and predict how and by whom weapons will be used.
- ivan_gammel 13y agoThat could be done via 3rd party like Ukraine without direct involvement or even awareness of Russian government.