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To: Brumar89 who wrote (150699)	11/2/2004 6:59:43 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) of 281500

When he [Saddam] gained power the US and Iraq didn't even have diplomatic relations. And Iraq was placed on the State Department's list of terror-sponsoring nations soon after he seized power. Whatever "outward" policy the US was projecting to the world, the behind the scenes reality was much different. * Donald Rumsfeld was trying to get Saddam to normalize relations with the United States in 1983, on behalf of Reagan, even though the US was fully aware that Saddam was gassing Iranians with chemcial weapons. At the same time Rumsfeld delivered the personal support of the President of the United States. * In fact Saddam showed he was plenty cagey by suggesting that he couldn't just up an do that, and still keep his standing (one of fear) among other nations. * The US was justifying shipping materials to Iraq's nulcear-entities at that same time (1983 - 1984) Discussed before: Message 20704854 Puppet? Perhaps there could be some disagreement as to who was pulling who's strings. But was he doing the US's bidding? Absolutely.

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