"They weren't exactly on our side a few years ago, either."

He offers flippantly. He takes a moment to lean himself a little more against the table to get an upside down and backward glance at the book on the table.
Tony's spent at least 5 years working on enough projects that never involved having the book in the right place so he's gotten quite used to reading at weird angles. However nothing on the page is really enough to keep much of his interest.

"At least, if you keep track of those kinds of things." Which Stark's did. You had to know who was and wasn't in vogue to sell weapons to after all.