The Facts: History of Iran, Kuwait, Iraq and the U.S.

jlew24asu

macgyver06 wrote:

reference?

I already gave you one. you dont believe it, so go find your own.

macgyver06

jlew24asu wrote:

I already gave you one. you dont believe it, so go find your own.

you don't have to contribute. You gave me a commercial site with no references.

fragileblake

jlew24asu wrote:

well you can go fuck yourself.

How mature.........

macgyver06

fragileblake wrote:

How mature.........

in a search for facts...i expected this from some..lol

El_Kabong

macgyver06 wrote:

1. Kuwait funded Iraq to engage in a war called: Iran/Iraq war (macgyver06)
2. Fact that the US government supported the gasing of Iranians and pro-Iranians Shias in Iraq.(mammasan)


anyone wanna add on

the us sold iran thousands of missiles using israel as the middleman during the late 80's

chopitdown

Date Nation Event
2700 BC Iran (Persia) Iran was referred to in the West as Persia until
March 21, 1935 when it was officially recognized
as Iran
4 July 1776 United States declared independence from Great Britain
1923 Iraq From UK
June 19, 1961 Kuwait from UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_date_of_nationhood

TheVoiceInside

chopitdown wrote:

Date Nation Event
2700 BC Iran (Persia) Iran was referred to in the West as Persia until
March 21, 1935 when it was officially recognized
as Iran
4 July 1776 United States declared independence from Great Britain
1923 Iraq From UK
June 19, 1961 Kuwait from UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_date_of_nationhood

Kuwait was part of Irak.

chopitdown

TheVoiceInside wrote:

Kuwait was part of Irak.

i'm sorry i got it from wikipedia, it can't be wrong.

mammasan

TheVoiceInside wrote:

Kuwait was part of Irak.

I may be wrong but I don't think that Kuwait was part of Iraq.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kuwait

lalalalaaaaaaaa

macgyver06 wrote:

jlew...that is a commercial web site, with no references and in the first paragraphs, there is major speculation. but again..im sure they used chems on iran, but its still not proven on this post... so it shouldnt be here.

and saturnal....reference...

One reference to a declassified U.S. State Dept document on U.S. support for Iraq against Iran, and the concern about chemical weapons being used.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB107/iraq06.pdf

There are a bunch more at:

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB107/index.htm

These are all FOI Referenced.

Casey1

macgyver06 wrote:

1. Kuwait funded Iraq to engage in a war called: Iran/Iraq war (macgyver06)
2. Fact that the US government supported the gasing of Iranians and pro-Iranians Shias in Iraq.(mammasan)


anyone wanna add on

Number 1 is true. Is the geo-politics of the Middle East. Noone in the region wanted Iran to export their revolution and gain a Shi'ite hegemon. Many countries there (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait come to mind) are pissed because we took Saddam and out power because they considered Iraq a buffer state between them and Iran.

Understand, I'm not saying this is a good reason, or an acceptable reason. I'm simply saying it's the reason.

I don't want to touch number two; however, I'll simply say that it's half correct and leave it at that.

Cosmo

jlew24asu wrote:

no Im refering to Iran. saddam used mustard gas against the iranians during the war

...
And we wholy supported that action. In the 1980s... remember, that idiot mantra, "The Enemy of my Enemy is My Friend"?
Why is it that we applaud the gassing of Iranians in 1980, and abhor and condemn that same action in 2006?
...
Answer: He was never 'My Friend' in the first place... I'm an idiot for believing that.