Now We Know

[skunk]

Interesting statistics from A H Cordesman's 1998 report for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

In the key period 1975-91, the US exported $5 million of weapons to Iraq. The UK sold $330 million-worth. Of greater interest are the arms export totals of the four countries most vocally opposed to military action:

Germany with $995 million
China with $5,500 million
France with $9,240 million
Russia with $31,800 million

What price moral high ground?

 

[alex_ant]

Russia sent 31.8 BILLION dollars worth of weapons to Iraq? Holy flying gob****es. That's like more money than Keith Richards spent on drugs throughout the entire Bridges to Babylon tour.

 

[skunk]

Your comment puts EVERYTHING in perspective

 

[richie]

Even so, this *is* a report from 1998, covering the 1975-91 period. Pre Gulf War. It's not entirely representative of current situations, imo.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by alex_ant
Russia sent 31.8 BILLION dollars worth of weapons to Iraq? Holy flying gob****es. That's like more money than Keith Richards spent on drugs throughout the entire Bridges to Babylon tour.

Yeah, that's damn funny - all those tanks, scuds and migs that we're using for target practice.....

I wonder how much they've managed to maintain, though.

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