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Included in the book is a timeline of America's involvement with Saddam Hussein. Let me duplicate it for you, as I don't think such examples can be repeated often enough for those who are either ignorant or have a short memory.
1979: Saddam seizes power with US approval; moves allegiance from Soviets to USA in Cold War;
1980: Invades Iran, then the “Unicycle of Evil”, with US encouragement and arms..;
1982: Bush-Regan regime removes Saddam's regime from official US list of state sponsors of terrorism;
1983: Saddam hosts Donald Rumsfeld in Baghdad. Agrees to “go steady” with US corporate suppliers;
1984: US Commerce Department issues licence for export of aflatoxin, usable in biological weapons, to Iraq;
1988: Kurds in Halabja, Iraq, gassed; [note that US does nothing]
1987-1988: US warships help destroy Iranian oil platforms in Gulf and break Iranian blockade of Iraq shipping lanes, tipping war advantage back to Saddam;
1990: Invades Kuwait with US permission. [yes, US permission]
And then the US, nearly 20 years later, decide to execute Saddam for crimes against humanity. All very suspect, yet convenient.
I have nothing but contempt for the US government, its foreign policies and the spread of their corruption.
