would Iraq have lost the war with Iran,had the US not helped them with weapons/military stuff ?

8 Responses

1. TJTB

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Absolutely. Many would argue that Iraq DID lose the war with Iran even with the US backing of Iraq.

   To truthist: Edna is right, Although the US supported the Shah for many years, even killing Iranians in 1953 during Operation Ajax to keep him in power, it was indeed the US who betrayed the Shah in the end. Just as we supported Saddam all those years and then poof.

2. Dave87gn

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   there probably wouldnt have been a war. The USA instigated it

3. truthistrue8

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Didnt they even get some "WMD" from us? (The USA)

   Edna: The USA supported the Shah

4. Edna N

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Probably, then again Iraq would have not been at war with Iran if the US did not aid in deposing the Shah.

5. paulred2

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   No, it wasn’t even a real war….more of a temporary annexation.

   The USA got involved to win an ally in the middle east.

6. Otto

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Probably, and the Soviets wouldn’t of pulled out of Afghanistan if it weren’t for US involvement.

7. thegubmint

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   US aid to Iraq was a very small portion of the armaments Saddam had in his stock. The US was in about the same spot on the list of Iraq’s military suppliers as that noted arms-dealing country, Denmark. That includes funding from loans that the US facilitated through the IMF too, that actual direct sales of US materiel to Iraq was almost nothing. None of the chemical weapons Iraq used against either Iran or the Kurds had anything at all supplied by the US. Those weapons were made from Russian obtained hardware with engineering support from Germany. Some hardware was also purchased from Italy and Spain. The sources of the chemicals were from Russia, France, Singapore, Brazil, Britain, and a few other countries. There is exactly one purchase from the US, for a few barrels of an industrial solvent that is also widely used as a fire-fighting agent in oil fields that could possibly have been used in the manufacture of mustard gas, but that connection was never made.

   Anyone who makes the claim that the US played any role at all in the development of the weapons used in either instance is misinformed at best, a complete idiot at worst.

   The only real support during the Iran war that the US gave Iraq was some satellite photo intelligence that helped the Iraqis keep tabs on Iranian troop movements. What significance that played in the overall scheme of things is probably minimal, since the Iraqi army was bigger and much better equipped than the Iranians.

8. Texas A&M class of 89

   March 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Ya Betcha

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