Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to begin

Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by mamonster on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @03:50AM (#47686807)

>Nobody forced Iran to build all these missiles

Saddam did.

Their missile program is a direct response to the section of the Iran-Iraq war where Saddam flew long range bombers for terror raids (hmm who does this remind me of?) and Iran had no answer beyond shelling border cities with 155m.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by smileysteve on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @08:26AM (#47689238)

And if Sadam did, then by proxy the US did.

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Re:Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to ... by jjk166 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @08:38PM (#47712153)

I mean sure the US provided intelligence, financial assistance, conventional weapons, and the ingredients for chemical weapons to Saddam for this war, but the US was also the one selling Iran missiles in response to Saddam. Though admittedly we weren't doing this to help Iran, we just needed the money to help narco terrorists.

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