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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Konrad who wrote (13578)	2/27/2003 9:27:31 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Whitewash? Shirley, you jest. A lesson in history is rarely a whitewash- unless the facts aren't accurate. Check it out, and get back to me. As for the rest of your post, I'm still chuckling. Yeah, I have SO often said Saddam was a "nice" guy. Please find that in any of my posts. Ever.

To: Mark Konrad who wrote (13578)	2/27/2003 9:33:25 AM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Any attempt to whitewash the thug Hussein would be laughable if murder and genocide were laughing matters Here is a bit of history for you "At the heart of the West's credibility on this issue is its response at the time these atrocities took place. What forms did outrage in Washington, London and Canberra take after Saddam killed 5000 Kurds in the town of Halabja on 17 March 1988? What steps did governments in these capitals take to bring him to account for his wicked crimes? The answers to these questions will tell us how seriously we should accept the arguments that are currently being mounted for war. Washington was so offended by Saddam's behaviour in the 1980s that it backed him in Baghdad's war against Iran. Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr supplied the Iraqi leader with intelligence, satellite imagery, arms and billions of dollars in loans. Two decades later, Saddam's attack on Persia - about which at the time Washington was officially "neutral" - is being invoked by many of the same people as a reason for his annihilation. More ominously, according to the report of a 1994 US Senate Banking Committee, the "United States provided the government of Iraq with 'dual-use' licensed materials which assisted in the development of Iraqi chemical, biological and missile-system programs." According to the report, this assistance included "chemical warfare-agent precursors; chemical warfare-agent production facility plans and technical drawings; chemical warfare-filling equipment; biological warfare-related materials; missile fabrication equipment and missile system guidance equipment." These technologies were sent to Iraq until December 1989, 20 months after the gassing of Halabja. In February 1989, John Kelly, US Assistant Secretary of State, flew to Baghdad to tell Saddam Hussein that "you are a source for moderation in the region, and the United States wants to broaden her relationship with Iraq." This was eleven months after Halabja. Now that's outrage." zmag.org