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**RaicickKida** · 01-04-2011, 02:07 PM

Not to get too off topic, but the Danes sent Saddam more arms during the 80's than the US. According to the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, the US was 7th on the list, after USSR, China, France, Brazil, Egypt, Denmark respectively.

And it was still a good idea to sell those arms, regardless of which country did it, as Iran was viewed as bigger threat at the time.

The same with Libya. The western countries were looking out for their own interest and Libya was (until a short time ago) a stabilizing factor in that region of the world.

This whole "look at what those weapons are being used for now" shrieking is pointless. You cannot judge actions of the past through the lens of the present political and military situation. It's not comparable.

01-04-2011, 02:07 PM	#12
RaicickKida Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 388 Senior Member	Not to get too off topic, but the Danes sent Saddam more arms during the 80's than the US. According to the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, the US was 7th on the list, after USSR, China, France, Brazil, Egypt, Denmark respectively. And it was still a good idea to sell those arms, regardless of which country did it, as Iran was viewed as bigger threat at the time. The same with Libya. The western countries were looking out for their own interest and Libya was (until a short time ago) a stabilizing factor in that region of the world. This whole "look at what those weapons are being used for now" shrieking is pointless. You cannot judge actions of the past through the lens of the present political and military situation. It's not comparable.
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