Also...picking and shifting sides happens all the time.
Canada has picked sides. Countries are moving resources to protect middle east interests. India sides with Russia, Iran is providing arms to Russia.
Geopolitics and worries of Iran shifting to the Soviet Union for aid gave birth the Iran-Contra deal. And F-14s were provided when Iran was an ally to the US before the Islamic revolution.
Soviets was armed significantly by the US during WWII, and a few years later NATO is formed to combat the USSR.
All of a sudden we are now best friends with both China and India with change of a PM.
All of a sudden we are thinking of not buying F-35s.
I don't see any irony in Iran having F-14s. There are always sides to conflicts, allies and adversaries.
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