Last thing first, I don't hate Iran or Iranians or even you in particular. I was a draftee in 1980 and was horrified by what I saw on both sides of that useless war. I will admit to not having any use for the current theocratic system in Iran and having nothing but disgust for your president and the Revolutionary Guards. Even if I did hate Iran and Iranians, it and they had nothing to do with the condition of my country at the present time (unless you wish to admit to interfering in Iraq's internal affairs). That is the fault of Saddam, stupid sectarian violence, and foreign extremists.
As for the lack of an indigenous arms production capability in Iraq, well, we've had problems since pretty much forever with bad government and more recently anti-Iraqi forces and extremists. (You could have kept Sadr, for instance.)
The American equipment is hardly junk, although some of it is not the most modern, e.g. M113. We also have Russian, British, Ukranian, Pakistani, Brazilian, and South African equipment. Much of this was donated, but, hey, we lost a war to a superpower.
Your little howitzer is very nice, but the press release with it was a bit over the top. You may not have made outrageous claims for it on this board, but your military press people did.
One last thing before your are dismissed, your choice of names to call me either demonstrates a lack of imagination or some deep-seated, repressed tendency on your part.
May God bless you. You are dismissed.
