For those interested, the dual use loophole is how the yanks supplied Saddam when he fought Iran and used chemical weapons against the Kurds. A conbination of dual use and swaps through intermediaries. Nowadays the US didn't give as much of a fuck and instead manufactures reasons for why it's okay to ship direct.

[–] postmeridiem@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Although there is quite a gap between saying metals are dual use, and playing coy about specific chemicals that are most useful as precursors for advanced chemical weapons being dual use

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That there is.