Get your facts straight. America--like western Europe and most of the west--did support Iraq until the late 80s. Why? Because Saddam seemed a lesser evil than his archrival, Iran. A secular madman is genarally preferable to a fanactical religious madman.
A little history lesson:
Saddam Hussein has been the most powerful man in Iraq for over 3 decades. A family relative, Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, came to power as president of Iraq in a coup d'etat. Thanks to a promotion by Ahmad, Saddam eventually seized power, and through brutal intimidation, torture, suppression of dissent, he and the Ba'ath Party have been in power ever since.
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Originally posted by nikudorei
do nothing.
The US put saddam in power, live with yah governments fuck up and get over it.
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