The Iran-Iraq War was also part of that pet conflict, and we certainly didn’t shy away from selling them weapons then.
We’re currently playing up ISIS as “moderate rebels”, but it wasn’t all that long ago when the US and Iran coordinated to hunt down and destroy ISIS forces, as part of the Obama-Era normalization effort. Then there was a whole Saudi-Iran-Israel kumbayah that a number of Middle East Watchers were convinced would usher in a new era of diplomacy and relative peace. And then Oct 7th happened, and it all went to shit.
The Iran-Iraq War was also part of that pet conflict, and we certainly didn’t shy away from selling them weapons then.
Oh. I guess Israel is Special™. No American weapons going to Hamas that’s for sure.
Then there was a whole Saudi-Iran-Israel kumbayah that a number of Middle East Watchers were convinced would usher in a new era of diplomacy and relative peace.
but which one does our government send weapons to
Americans love to sell guns to both sides of a military conflict while egging them on.
Not this time because this is part of their pet conflict with Iran.
The Iran-Iraq War was also part of that pet conflict, and we certainly didn’t shy away from selling them weapons then.
We’re currently playing up ISIS as “moderate rebels”, but it wasn’t all that long ago when the US and Iran coordinated to hunt down and destroy ISIS forces, as part of the Obama-Era normalization effort. Then there was a whole Saudi-Iran-Israel kumbayah that a number of Middle East Watchers were convinced would usher in a new era of diplomacy and relative peace. And then Oct 7th happened, and it all went to shit.
Oh. I guess Israel is Special™. No American weapons going to Hamas that’s for sure.
Only at the cost of one genocide.
Lots of weapons are leaking out of Ukraine and getting into Turkey.
But I’m more looking at the way we funnel weapons to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, while they are in an increasingly tense relationship with Israel.
Now we’re getting a refund with bonus genocides thrown in.