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Originally posted by Superbelt
Saddam's track record of aggression was
1. Attack Iran behind our full support.
2. Attack Kuwait (who was drilling for oil inside the Iraqi borders and basically saying to Saddam "Tough shit, American will be on our side") But only attacking after garnering our unconcerned approval.
(Which was of course rescinded two days after the invasion started)
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I seem to remember things a little bit differently.
1) Iraq was initially supported as a
balance to the radical regime in Iran (remember the hostage crisis? I
do.). But there we NO support for him starting a
war, nor was there support for him gassing the Kurds.
2) SINCE WHEN did we give "unconcerned approval"???
Face it, Saddam MISJUDGED what we would do, but YOU WANT TO BLAME US FOR HIS INVASION.
Ok, time for me to back away from this one.
Adios.