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Originally Posted by theking
I am completely aware of what we did or did not do regarding Iraq...and no we did not put Saddam in power...and no Iraq was never an Ally of the U.S. As far as assisting Iraq during their war with Iran we did assist...and we also assisted Iran because we did not want either side to win. The U.S. assists many countries every year that are not an ally of the U.S. End of story.
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heres some pigshit then:
"The coup that brought the Ba'ath Party to power in 1963 was celebrated by the United States.
The CIA had a hand in it. They had funded the Ba'ath Party - of which Saddam Hussein was a young member - when it was in opposition.
US diplomat James Akins served in the Baghdad Embassy at the time. Mr. Akins said, "I knew all the Ba'ath Party leaders and I liked them".
"The CIA were definitely involved in that coup. We saw the rise of the Ba'athists as a way of replacing a pro-Soviet government with a pro-American one and you don't get that chance very often.