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Originally posted by wonton
Bush was director of CIA during the 1970s. He helped put Saddam in power, keep him in power AND arm him to the teeth.
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George Bush was director of the CIA in 1976-1977.
Saddam's rise to power began about 1960.
Saddam became Vice Chairman of the RCC in 1969.
Saddam became president in 1979.
A long career in the Ba'ath party brought Saddam to power - not clandestine agreements with George Bush.
"Arm him to the teeth?" The US sold SOME weapons to Iraq - a small percentage of what Russia and France sold him. Wanna know who armed him? Let's see. Where do T-62s, T-74's, Mirage F-1s, AK-47s, and Migs come from? Notice there are no American made weapons being used by Saddam? No one has seen or mentioned any American made weapons. No American tanks, no American jets. Not in 1991. Not now. Hmmmmm.