Operation Sarindar: The Soviet Plan to Hide Iraq's WMD

Unto the Breach ^ | 12 August 2007 | "Crushing" Chris Carter

[Crush]

The world was well aware of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) stockpiles. Politicians from both parties admitted that Saddam would not disarm voluntarily, and that military force was the only solution. Intelligence sources estimate that Iraq had 100 million tons of munitions, which is an astonishing 60 percent of our own arsenal. According to the House Armed Service Committee, Saddam himself admitted to possessing thousands of tons of WMD. Since we have not found the “smoking gun” proof of a WMD arsenal, they must have gone somewhere else.

Prior to our liberation of Iraq, it was clear we would not receive any support from Russia. In February of 2003, Russian President Vladmir Putin traveled to Germany and France to align the nations against U.S. military aggression, calling instead for further inspections - the same inspections process that yielded nothing in twelve years. WMD was in the hands of a regime that has already used them in war and even against their own country. What would keep Saddam from selling these weapons to terrorist organizations, putting millions of people worldwide at risk? That should have been enough to put Russia, Germany, and France on our side, but something was apparently going on under the radar. Putin called the attack “unwarranted” and “unjustifiable.” Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov proclaimed that the United States would fabricate findings of WMD stockpiles.

The truth is the Soviet Union supplied Iraq with WMD, in addition to many other countries that were not quite on friendly terms with the West. Since the Soviets supplied these countries with their WMD, they had plans to cover up their tracks if something went wrong. It would not bode well for the USSR if the world knew what it was doing behind the scenes. To combat this, the Soviets...

[Crush]

The dirty little secret is that WMD have been found in Iraq. Why didn't Bush scream it from the mountaintops? Perhaps because he has been trying to shore up our foreign policy with the Russians, who seem to be more than willing to return to the Cold War. A "smoking gun" that pointed directly to Russia wouldn't have put the Russians in a good light.

Pacepa is a great place to start if you want to get an idea as to what all the Soviets/Russians were/are doing. I highly recommend reading everything written my him.

[FFranco]

There is no question that we will soon be at war with Russia. Their support of our enemies cannot be tolerated. If Obama is elected, it might not be as soon as if McCain takes the White House. But it’s coming, eventually.

[Crush]

I don’t know if a military war would benefit Russia, but I can see how they could benefit from fighting us economically. They have nationalized their oil, so any increases in price benefit the Russian government greatly. You can’t factor out that Putin is KGB. So are his pals that run the country. The same guys are running Russia that were running the USSR. At least when we defeated Germany, they got rid of the Nazis.

Plus why fight the Americans yourself when you can get rich from selling weapons to their enemies?

[ballplayer]

You forgot that Russia ,Germany and France were being bought off with Oil For food money from Sadam to not agree to go along with us also

[ballplayer]

You forgot that Russia ,Germany and France were being bought off with Oil For food money from Sadam to not agree to go along with us also