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Waluigi
Jul 21, 2004, 04:07 PM
July 21, 2004
Presidential Determination
No. 2004-40





MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Eligibility of Iraq to Receive Defense Articles

and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act,

as Amended

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and services to Iraq will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

You are authorized and directed to report this finding to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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Link (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040721-7.html)

Talk about flip-flopping!

--Waluigi


blackfox
Jul 21, 2004, 04:14 PM
Yeah...and who exactly is going to be using these new weapons? There does not seem to be a sizeable developed Iraqi Military/Security/Police force as of yet...are these for US forces? Are they going to end up in the hands of the "insurgents"? Are we sending giant programmable robots?
Does the US even care? or is this just another way to make a few bucks...yeah everyone knows that more dangerous and sophisticated weaponry always make somewhere safer....
amnesiac1984
Jul 21, 2004, 05:04 PM
I see a pattern emerging. Lets sell Iraq some weapons, decide they are a threat, then destroy their weapons, only to sell em some more. maybe we can sell em some more in 10 years time?
zimv20
Jul 21, 2004, 05:12 PM
seems like everyone is making money off this war but me
pseudobrit
Jul 22, 2004, 12:21 AM
seems like everyone is making money off this war but me

10 You don't know the right people.
20 Try bidding on a contract. (oops, they're no-bid) GOTO 10
mouchoir
Jul 22, 2004, 05:25 AM
They need to install tracking devices in them, so the next time we accuse Iraq of having WMD (that we sold them in the first place), we will at least be able to find them!

War really is a profitable commodity... for some.

Hilarious.
mactastic
Jul 22, 2004, 10:46 AM
Haven't we had some bad experiences in the past with selling weapons to people we thought would be our friends forever and ever?