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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Didn't WE also sell the Iraqis weapons that they later used to oppress these people? I don't think that's legitimate criteria to ban them from the rebuilding process.
I don't think they should be allowed to, though. I think things could get pretty messy pretty quick if they were.
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How about the French who provided them with technology and material to build a nuclear reactor (which Israel so kindly took care of for us in the early 90's)? How about the replacement parts for their *Mirage* fighter jets sold to them while there was an international embargo?
Russian companies sold them the equipment that they used to use to manufacture chem/bio weapons. Where do you think the T-72 tanks came from? They were purchased *after* Gulf War I.
Comparing the US to those two is apples to oranges. We're also cleaning up this mess that we helped to create (not by ourselves though). I will not be one bit surprised to see find that France and Russia have known about the chem/bio weapons all along and have been worried that the rest of the world would find out (pure speculation on my part but not too far-fetched).