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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (293104)9/4/2002 3:34:56 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Re: "We were not "allied" with Saddam Hussein. We helped him to repulse attacks from Iran."

>>> 1) Saddam started the war with Iran... not the other way around.

>>> 2) Reagan/Bush took him off the terrorism list (over the State Department's protests) so we could aid in his re-arming.

>>> We sold him chemicals used in the production of chemical weapons (and the helicopters to disperse them), and biotech equipment used for biowarfare, which he then used on the Iranian troups at the front... and later on the Kurds.

>>> We also shared sigint and sat-intel with him.

>>> That 'lesser evil' thing has worked out SO WELL for us... about as well as supporting the 'Dictator of the Month' in return for oil rights....
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