Comments on: Iran Buys Surplus U.S. Military Hardware

Investigation Finds Military Auctions Are "Supermarket For Arms Dealers"

[hungry1968]

I guess liberals choose to ignore this sentence.
Posted by singinrick at 10:55 AM : Jan 16, 2007

Which time did we ignore it - the first or second time we tried to sell weapons to our enemies?

This all does make sense though - the Bush family made their fortune by selling weapons to both sides.

[rharrin1]

Rusty

I think you got your towel wrapped to tight

[rharrin1]

A REPUBLICAN DOING THAT, CAN'T BE TRUE MUST BE PROPAGANDA

[shingles1]

The F-14's were sold by the US Gov't to Iran back in the 70's. In 1986 the geniuses in the Reagan Administration sold additional weapons (1000 TOW missiles) and spare parts, presumbably for these planes, as part of the whole Iran-Contra deal.

[rharrin1]

Well here it is terrorism at it's finest go get them georgie

[hungry1968]

I note that not one refers to the Clinton years mentioned in this article.
Posted by janem4 at 09:52 AM : Jan 16, 2007

Which administration is allowing the parts to be sold? Why does the right wing always try to twist everything back to Clinton? Is that your only defense of the current level of incompetence?
"Yes - it's happening under President Bush, BUT the last guy...."

[wolf563]

so whats next GWB ? old fule cells for reactors ?

[rusty50-2009]

Bluestardad - "Hey I have pictures of Iranian Army driving American APC, flying American Hellicopters, Wearing American Helments caring western M-16s. You cannot tell me that all these weapons sales were thru middle men. America gave them the hardware."

When did you get those pictures, when you were living in Iran? Or maybe you're still an Iranian citizen?

Selah

[hungry1968]

This is just great.

We arm and train the Taliban against the Russians, then when we fight them, they use those weapons against us.

In the Iran / Iraq war, we armed Iraq so they could defeat Iran. Then they use those weapons against their own people and us. (Does anyone remember the USS Stark?)

We are constantly selling arm and munitions to Israel for use against their Islamic neighbors. Then the Islamics of the world hate our guts and wish us all dead.

Again, will this country never learn from the mistakes of the past?

[jimibear]

It seems pretty obvious to me that if Iran is the only nation in the world still flying F-14s, then the solution (if we don't want them to have the parts) is not to sell them.

Of course if (as in Iraq) we want to attack them because we think they still have the weapons we sold them, I guess that plan wouldn't work.

I can see it coming: "We need to attack Iran. They have fighter planes."

[grazinggoat]

Pa*ki is a censored word?

[grazinggoat]

What are the aims of this article? Does it mean that no other arm dealers, but Israelis, should be allowed to purchase American Army surplus, so they can resell them to Iranians at a much higher price than the ***?

[djberson]

I think it is sick how wasteful our government is to begin with.... the surplus is a problem in itself. Mothballed fleets upon fleets of warplanes, ships and weapons. And they just keep makin' 'em and developing more. Meanwhile, cancer and other medical problems still have not been eliminated. What a world we live in.

[luvny-2009]

getserious1 - Yeah bluestardad usually is pretty much on target

[luvny-2009]

How pathetic are we....

[grazinggoat]

CBS: 'In one case, federal investigators said, the contraband made it to Iran, a country President Bush branded part of an "axis of evil."'

Bush himself is standing in the center of the said axis. Money talks, the poor walks.

[getserious1]

No one can tell you anything bluestardad, you seem to know it all....

[bluestardad]

Hey I have pictures of Iranian Army driving American APC, flying American Hellicopters, Wearing American Helments caring western M-16s. You cannot tell me that all these weapons sales were thru middle men. America gave them the hardware.

[migrainegram]

Are we stooooopid or what?