Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain. We are a peaceful nation.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/26/iraq.trip/index.html
Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain. We are a peaceful nation.
Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain. We are a peaceful nation.
As if we didn't already know that those delegations were being intentionally duped by Iraqi agents. And that the traitors went along with the plan quite willingly.
Who is that? And how old is that picture?
Back it up there, chief.
Back it up there, chief.
Patton: Idiot posted the link in his post.
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Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983.
Oh, ok, then, back then it was ok, he was killing Iranians.
QUOTE (Patton @ Mar 27 2008, 10:38 AM) 
... he was killing Iranians.
At the same time he was killing Kurds, which we knew about at the time.
From that same article in the National Security Archives.
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The U.S., which followed developments in the Iran-Iraq war with extraordinary intensity, had intelligence confirming Iran's accusations, and describing Iraq's "almost daily" use of chemical weapons, concurrent with its policy review and decision to support Iraq in the war [Document 24]. The intelligence indicated that Iraq used chemical weapons against Iranian forces, and, according to a November 1983 memo, against "Kurdish insurgents" as well [Document 25].
What was the Reagan administration's response? A State Department account indicates that the administration had decided to limit its "efforts against the Iraqi CW program to close monitoring because of our strict neutrality in the Gulf war, the sensitivity of sources, and the low probability of achieving desired results." But the department noted in late November 1983 that "with the essential assistance of foreign firms, Iraq ha[d] become able to deploy and use CW and probably has built up large reserves of CW for further use. Given its desperation to end the war, Iraq may again use lethal or incapacitating CW, particularly if Iran threatens to break through Iraqi lines in a large-scale attack" [Document 25]. The State Department argued that the U.S. needed to respond in some way to maintain the credibility of its official opposition to chemical warfare, and recommended that the National Security Council discuss the issue.
What was the Reagan administration's response? A State Department account indicates that the administration had decided to limit its "efforts against the Iraqi CW program to close monitoring because of our strict neutrality in the Gulf war, the sensitivity of sources, and the low probability of achieving desired results." But the department noted in late November 1983 that "with the essential assistance of foreign firms, Iraq ha[d] become able to deploy and use CW and probably has built up large reserves of CW for further use. Given its desperation to end the war, Iraq may again use lethal or incapacitating CW, particularly if Iran threatens to break through Iraqi lines in a large-scale attack" [Document 25]. The State Department argued that the U.S. needed to respond in some way to maintain the credibility of its official opposition to chemical warfare, and recommended that the National Security Council discuss the issue.
In 2003 we used the argument that Saddam "killed his own people" as justification to start the war. It's funny how we weren't as concerned about it while it was actually happening.
Well if we are going to pick and choose what we like out of the article.....
Remeber, this 1983
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chemical weapons,
Proof of WMDRemeber, this 1983
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strict neutrality in the Gulf war
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built up large reserves of CW for further use
More Proof, see it was all there.
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