Originally Posted by Webby

Can't quite remember the year, but even before Saddam was placed into office, it was already known he was a thug and that was the basis of engaging him to assassinate the democratically-elected Finance Minister of Iran. Saddam spent almost six months getting briefed in a London hotel by the CIA and, eventually, the assassination succeeded.

BUT... everything blew backwards and the religious element in Iran then took over - exactly what the US did not want (they wanted oil deals at the time), and then the "friendly thug" was armed up to create a war with Iran - another attempt by the US to screw Iran for oil.

Odd when you look back at history - it gets clearer as to how folks may feel about "western imperialism" when they have went thru constant attempts at screwing them