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Originally posted by Rocky
Denial And Deception
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Newsweek magazine published an article discussing the viruses, poisons and gases that the U.S. sent to Saddam Hussein in the mid-1980s. At that time, the U.S. regarded Iraq as a potential ally against Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni.
"In the 1980s, the Ayatollah Khomeni was America's sworn enemy, and the U.S. government courted Saddam Hussein in an effort to undermine the Ayatollah and Iran. Today, Saddam Hussein is America's biggest enemy, and the U.S. is said to be making overtures to Iran."
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Saddam Hussein was, is and will always be a monster.
So if he was a monster back when he was funded and supported, what does that say about the people who are now saying that the same monster they assisted needs to be destroyed?
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hmm...considering Germany, Russia and France all supplied the Iraqis with more than the U.S., the better question would be, "what does it say about them?" At least we're taking responsbility for the problem.
When we supplied Iraq with weapons, it was a very different world. Iran was sponsoring terrorism against us. That had taken over our embassy (and taken hostages). They were (and are) religious fanatics. Iraq was their enemy. Is it any surprise the West supported the enemy of Iran?
The Northern Alliance were hardly comprised of choir boys, but they were a lot better than the Taliban.
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