Why didn't the lie about Iran supplying weapons to Iraq get any traction?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar152006/update71142006315.asp

No proof Iran behind bombings, infiltrations in Iraq: Rumsfeld


http://english.people.com.cn/200603/15/eng20060315_250651.html

No proof Iran behind weapons in Iraq, says U.S. general


My guess is it is because during the Iran/Iraq War the USA supplied weapons to both sides. I can remember back then at the time when someone in the Reagan administration was asked why would we do that and the Reagan official said something to the effect that "we can't lose when we bet on both sides."

Anyone else remember that?

Don

[rodeodance]

1. We had some discussion yesterday--my thought--someone shipped

the lines into Bush's speech about the Iran helping???? umm.. sound familiar. Cnn briefly took this issue up late yesterday, but I have not listened since.

[bigtree]

2. dunno. my post . . . Bush's own General won't stand behind this lie

"Some of the most powerful IEDs we're seeing in Iraq today includes components that came from Iran." Bush, Iraq Speech

US general says no proof Iran behind Iraq arms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Asked whether the United States has proof that Iran's government was behind these developments, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon briefing, "I do not, sir."

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-03-14T194139Z_01_N14358184_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-IRAN.xml

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