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In reply to the discussion: Seymour Hersh: US knowingly armed ISIS [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)He says that Iran was pushing a regional nuclear arms race. But, that ignores the fact that Pakistan built its nuclear weapons program with Saudi money and CIA support. It was part of the deal that then CIA Director H.W. Bush made in early 1976 with his counterparts, Saudi GID Directors, Princes Adham and Turki, along with the heads of several other intelligence agencies to evade Congressional limits on covert action by giving the Saudis and others carte blanche to create a funding mechanism for paramilitary operations, that became BCCI. The paramilitary became AQ, later morphed in ISIS. The deal, if you are interested, was called the Safari Club. You can GOOGLE it. I have written a lot about it here over the years.
I agree with about 75% of what Gen. Flynn says here: http://observer.com/2015/09/lieutenant-general-retired-michael-flynn-and-the-iranian-nuclear-agreement/ Very worth reading.