VIDEO: Obama's Nobel Prize Speech (a minute long excerpt)

youtube.com ^ | December 10, 2009 | Barack Obama

[Captain Kirk]

Pretty thin reed there for you to rely especially since you failed to tell the whole story: During the Persian Gulf War, most Iraqi pilots and aircrafts (of French & Soviet origin) fled to Iran to escape the bombing campaign because no other country would allow them sanctuary. The Iranians impounded these aircraft after the war and never returned them, putting them in the service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force[10] -- claiming them as reparations for the Iran–Iraq War. Because of this Saddam Hussain did not send the rest of his Air Force to Iran just prior to operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, instead opting to their burial in sand. Saddam Hussain, preoccupied with Iran and regional power balance, is reported to have had commented: "The Iranians are even stronger than before, they now have our Air Force."[11]

In you read the full story, of course, it provides even more evidence of Iran v. Iraq hatred and distrust. The Iraqi airforce literally had no where else to go lest they face destruction. In an act of desperation, they fled to iraqn. What happened? The Iranians didn't give them a refuge. They imprisoned the pilots (for several years) impounded the planes claiming reparation. They never gave thep planes back to their alleged "friend" (your view?) Saddam. Now....let's move on to my point about the bloody Iran/Iraq War, a far more important indicator of hostility. Let me ask you again: Was this war real or was it fake? If it was real, I suggest you remove the quotation marks from your use of the word "enemy."

[Does so]

The first paragraph reads like Wikipedia—only the best source for today's truths. ;)

The second paragraph contains details that my Google search has found only at this thread!

==8-O

BTW, I never stated that the Iran-Iraq War was fake: accounting for both sides, nearly one million died. Iran sent children running across mine fields "for Allah". I don't know the figure for Saddam's attack on Kuwait.