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Originally posted by Dragonlich
To you, and Superbelt: the US did NOT give Saddam permission to invade Kuwait. That they didn't say "don't do it or else" would be called *diplomacy*. Again, in the real world, you usually do not insult leaders of foreign countries, especially if those countries supply you with a lot of oil. Saddam should have known the US would never accept his aggression, if only because there was no reason to assume he'd stop at Kuwait...
As for the sale of chemical and biological agents: true. And? German companies build chemical factories in Iraq, France supplied him with an atomic power plant, and loads of weapons, Russia supplied even more weapons; hell, even the Netherlands joined in - we supplied him with night-vision goggles. At the time, it seemed like a good idea, given that he was fighting the evil extremist Iran, which was threatening to overrun the entire middle-east, drive the Jews back into the sea, and cut our vital oil supply...
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If that transcript won't convince you of our permission to invade Kuwait, nothing will. Iraq felt they had to ask us first if they could invade, and we said it isn't our business they can do as they want. That's us giving our permission.
And the USA supplied him with more than just night-vision goggles.
List of US Companies That Sold Weapons Technology to Iraq
Key: A - nuclear K - chemical B - biological R - rockets (missiles)
1. Honeywell (R,K)
2. Spektra Physics (K)
3. Semetex (R)
4. TI Coating (A,K)
5. UNISYS (A,K)
6. Sperry Corp. (R,K)
7. Tektronix (R,A)
8. Rockwell (K)
9. Leybold Vacuum Systems (A)
10. Finnigan-MAT-U.S. (A)
11. Hewlett Packard (A.R,K)
12. Dupont (A) 13. Eastman Kodak (R)
14. American Type Culture Collection (B)
15. Alcolac International (C)
16. Consarc (A)
17. Carl Zeis -US (K)
18. Cerberus (LTD) (A)
19. Electronic Associates (R)
20. International Computer Systems
21. Bechtel (K)
22. EZ Logic Data Systems,Inc. (R)
23. Canberra Industries Inc. (A)
24. Axel Electronics Inc. (A)