France is our Ally?

[Mr. Goodbytes]

With friends like them, our enemies grow in strength. Turns out a bunch of the missiles fired on the Al-Rasheed hotel were made in France, AFTER the embargo placed upon Iraq following Gulf War One.
UKSun

[Optimus Prime]

True or not, you really can't trust the Sun, it's full of crap.

[Mr. Goodbytes]

Perhaps there's more on it somewhere else. Only stories that paint Bush as evil get maximum publicity.

[SpookyEddy]

Britain, America and most of the western world have certainly sold weapons which are now being used by terrorist organisations, so the source of the munitions is as irrelevant as it is unsuprising.

Plus another vote for The Sun as completely worthless if you are interested in reliable factual content.

Regards

ed

[M_Six]

True or not, you really can't trust the Sun, it's full of crap.

Is that why you turn brown when you lay out in the summertime?




Huh? Wha.....Oh, it's a newspaper. I see.

Never mind.

[shahani]

The news is probably true, nonetheless.

As is the fact that the source of a lot of terror equipment, including biomedical toxins, was probably the US.

Can't really conclude anything from this. In the 1990s, and even in the 1980s, a lot of things were exported to Iraq but then that was then and this is now.

[ben-the-slacker]

For some reason, that red cross looks like it got photochopped on.

[Mike]

Originally posted by ben-the-slacker
For some reason, that red cross looks like it got photochopped on.

It does look a bit odd...

[daveleau]

While I do not agree with the brash illogical and fact-less spew of "ideas" (aka ignorance, hatred and lies) that Shahani burdens this forum with and frequently puts forth about the US being the great satan, many nations sell their weapons around the world. The difference between the French way and other's ways in selling these, is that the US and Russia (the 2 biggest in military sales other than France), dumb down their weapons to ensure that they have something better in their hip pocket. France sells their stuff fully loaded and customizable to what the nation desires. They even manufacture custom made weapons. The only real surprise would be if it was found that France sold directly to a terrorist group. On the same note, France often sells to terrorist nations (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, etc).

[SpookyEddy]

is that the US and Russia (the 2 biggest in military sales other than France), dumb down their weapons to ensure that they have something better in their hip pocket.

I seem to remember the same criticism being leveled at the US government for selling Stingers to the Mujahedin, particularly by the British who had been providing them outdated Blowpipes (with which you would be lucky to hit a plane if it was parked in your garage).

France often sells to terrorist nations (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, etc).

As has just about every western government, many of which still do and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

This French bashing, for want of a better term, seems to be completey without grounds. Carry on though, I am English so we consider it an honourable national pass time, just don't pretend you have a reason other than they are French