Why did the u. s. begin selling arms to the iranians during the iran-iraq war? to keep the nation of iraq from winning the war and causing instability so the profit could be used to finance different covert cia operations in hopes of securing the release of american hostages in lebanon the russians were providing a lot of equipment to the iraqi army

Explanation:

The closeout of arms, in addition, was gone for convincing Iran to discharge American prisoners seized by ace Iranian gatherings in Lebanon.  

U.S. government support for Iraq was not a mystery and was much of the time examined in open sessions of the Senate and House of Representatives. On June 9, 1992, Ted Koppel covered ABC's Night line that the "Reagan/Bush organizations allowed the stream of cash, horticultural credits, double use innovation, synthetic concoctions, and weapons to Iraq.

how is this a question? but yes, they were. if i recall correctly, it was very handy for native americans to use buffalo skin.