Mek wrote:
It would be like the neocons of the US asking Russia to help them oust Obama or some shit. Shit aint gonna happen no matter how much they hate him.
The neocons were doing deals with the Iranians to further their nefarious aims not that long ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affairPretty sure they'd do a deal with the Russians.
wiki wrote:
According to The New York Times, the United States supplied the following arms to Iran (via Israel )
August 20, 1985. 96 TOW anti-tank missiles
September 14, 1985. 408 more TOWs
November 24, 1985. 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
February 17, 1986. 500 TOWs
February 27, 1986. 500 TOWs
May 24, 1986. 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
August 4, 1986. More Hawk spares
October 28, 1986. 500 TOWs
Iran has reverse engineered and currently manufactures duplicate TOW missiles. These carry the Iranian designation of Toophan.
Wonder if thats where they got the expertise in explosively formed projectiles - now thats a bit of blowback for you.
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