Rummy and Saddam
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0802-01.htm
American supplies Circa 1983:
For the next five years, Washington would quietly ensure that Saddam received all the military equipment he needed to stave off defeat, even precursor chemicals that could be used against Iranian soldiers and Kurdish civilians. Not that Washington supported the use of chemical weapons, particularly against civilians. It was more that the Reagan administration was very reluctant to condemn their use by Iraq back then.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL17Ak01.html
So what was that ya blathering about Mr King?