Kalroy was Here
Truth or Consequences for Saddam
James Hirsen, NewsMax.com
Monday, Nov. 18, 2002
It comes down to this: Somebody's lying. Is it Bush and Blair, or is it Saddam Hussein?
Q. I have a friend trying to convince me that the United States was at least partially responsible for giving Saddam Hussein the weapons of mass destruction that we now have been fighting to destroy. Can he be right?
U.S. Diplomatic and Commercial Relationships with Iraq, 1980 - 2 August 1990
HOW SADDAM HAPPENED
Congressional Record: September 20, 2002 (Senate)
Page S8987-S8998
US and British Support for Hussein Regime
US intelligence helped Saddam’s Ba`ath Party seize power for the first time in 1963. Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959, when he participated in a failed assassination attempt against Iraqi strongman Abd al-Karim Qassem. In the 1980s, the US and Britain backed Saddam in the war against Iran, giving Iraq arms, money, satellite intelligence, and even chemical & bio-weapon precursors. As many as 90 US military advisors supported Iraqi forces and helped pick targets for Iraqi air and missile attacks.
How he US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons
BY NORM DIXON
On August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, “Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of gas”. Quoting anonymous US “senior military officers”, the NYT “revealed” that in the 1980s, the administration of US President Ronald Reagan covertly provided “critical battle planning assistance at a time when American intelligence knew that Iraqi commanders would employ chemical weapons in waging the decisive battles of the Iran-Iraq war”. The story made a brief splash in the international media, and then died.
U.S. DOCUMENTS SHOW EMBRACE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IN EARLY 1980s
DESPITE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, EXTERNAL AGGRESSION, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Fear of Iraq Collapse in Iran-Iraq War Motivated Reagan Administration Support;
U.S. Goals Were Access to Oil, Projection of Power, and Protection of Allies;
Rumsfeld Failed to Raise Chemical Weapons Issue in Personal Meeting with Saddam.
Did the United States Supply Saddam with Biological Weapons in the 1980s?
In a "debate" over U.S. policy towards Iraq that depends largely on facile slogans and self-dramatization, the Rumsfeld photograph is a discordant reminder that the official version of events is a partial accoun
I'm thinking that you're the one in denial. If you found this blog then I'm certain you've already read others that go into detail about the points you covered.
My only question for you is that if you think seeking stability is wrong (since that was the US's goal in supporting Saddam) or if you think allying with a lesser evil to defeat a greater one is wrong (since that is what the US did during the Iraq/Iran conflicts)? Also, since you allege that the US created Saddam, how do you justify your implied position that the US should do nothing to remove Saddam after he becomes America's enemy and threatens the lives of Americans by allying himself with America's enemies?
Kal
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