Iran Supplying Weapons to Iraq?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok, your saying we provided Iran in the 80's weapons when in 1981 they were holding 63 US citizens hostage? That does not make one bit of sense they where our enemy at this time. I think your thinking of us supplying Iraq with weapons as they where fight Iran in the 80's and we did not want Iran taking over Iraq. We wanted to keep them from growing in that part of the world and as a nation.

I meant to Afghanistan around 1980. That was about the time when the Russians were occupying Afghanistan.