Comments on: Iraqis Turn Over Iranian Missle Supply To U.S. https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/ Eventually, I learned the joys of killing. But I’m skipping ahead of myself. I landed in Iraq in November 2004 armed with a video camera instead of a weapon... Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: CJWarner https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78582 CJWarner Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:47:00 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78582 Is the standard procedure for manufacturing arms in foreign countries to label them all in English? Just asking... Is the standard procedure for manufacturing arms in foreign countries to label them all in English? Just asking…

]]> By: ticticboom https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78715 ticticboom Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:53:04 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78715 @CJWarner: Yes, if they're exportable. The language of trade is English, and that includes the arms market. Anything marked in local languages is almost guaranteed to be of such low quality that it's almost as dangerous to the user as the enemy. It was only recently that Iran's weapons industry reached the point where it could hope to sell on the international market. Once that happened, they had to start using English markings. How could you expect someone in Columbia or the Congo to read Farsi? I remember seeing an interview, I think by Michael Yon, with an EOD expert showing Iranian ordinance captured in Iraq. He had shown the evidence to the MSM, but they refused to believe him, in part because they saw English markings. They could've hired someone from Jane's to explain things in small words, but the media already knows everything about weapons. Namely, that weapons are bad. If there were no weapons, there'd be no violence. Guess none of them have ever seen a boxing match, let alone Muay Thai. @CJWarner:

Yes, if they’re exportable. The language of trade is English, and that includes the arms market. Anything marked in local languages is almost guaranteed to be of such low quality that it’s almost as dangerous to the user as the enemy.

It was only recently that Iran’s weapons industry reached the point where it could hope to sell on the international market. Once that happened, they had to start using English markings. How could you expect someone in Columbia or the Congo to read Farsi?

I remember seeing an interview, I think by Michael Yon, with an EOD expert showing Iranian ordinance captured in Iraq. He had shown the evidence to the MSM, but they refused to believe him, in part because they saw English markings.

They could’ve hired someone from Jane’s to explain things in small words, but the media already knows everything about weapons. Namely, that weapons are bad. If there were no weapons, there’d be no violence.

Guess none of them have ever seen a boxing match, let alone Muay Thai.

]]> By: John Cunningham https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78733 John Cunningham Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:59:29 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/08/iraqis-turn-over-iranian-missle-supply-to-us/#comment-78733 Ticticboom, you are absolutely correct. English is the new Latin. I just wish that China would outsource to an English speaking country the directions printed with their exports. Even though it looks like English, it sure looks like Greek to me. Ticticboom, you are absolutely correct. English is the new Latin. I just wish that China would outsource to an English speaking country the directions printed with their exports. Even though it looks like English, it sure looks like Greek to me.

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