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Originally Posted by Charlatan
There is a big difference between raising a child who becomes a madman and enabling someone who is already a madman.
The US knew that Saddam was a dictator willing to hold power through any means neccessary. In supplying him with the tools to make poison gas did the US not think he was going to use those weapons?
Sure, the ultimate responisibility is his but the US takes some blame in enabling their one time ally.
Furthermore, the whole April Glaspie fiasco has not yet been mentioned. It seems to me that her words did more to encourage Saddam that it was OK to proceed with invading Kuwait than anything. He was being supplied with US arms, had a sweet deal with the US. Why would he do anything to disrupt that?
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I apologize for not being able to let this issue go. But I have heard this argument and have never been able to understand it.
If the US is to take blame for Saddam's actions how do you allocate that blame, 50/50, 60/40, 30/70? And if the US is responsible in someway, do you think the people of Iraq, Arabs, Mulims are justified in seeking punishment or revenge against the US?