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Well the thing about the material support was the US supplied Saddam at the extreme low of the spectrum, links have been posted here from the Stockholm Institute for Peace (I think thats the name) that puts the American contribution at 1% of all weapons supplied behind the Germans, French, and Russians. Wow isn't that a conincidence three of the biggest wars detractors were Saddams biggest weapons suppliers, they also had the most to gain by keeping him in power.
But yeah it is pretty lame that we were behind such a goon, but that was the politics of the time, I suppose we weren't to inclined to care what he did so long as he was putting the hurt on the Iranians.
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