WMD's & Iraq = Democratic Hypocrisy

[Judge]

you're a little late to the game... nobody forgot - that's how we knew he had WMD. And everyone (most everyone) understands that back then SH wasn't known to be as evil or anti-american as he was he hadn't gassed his own people or tried to corner the world oil supply. He was the "enemy of our enemy" and we sought to oppose our enemy at that time (and now.)

Originally Posted by Harry_Ballzack

It's also convinient for them to forget it was our own country that gave Saddam much of the need know how for chemical arms back in the 80's when they were at war with Iran.

[AZXD]

Originally Posted by Judge

you're a little late to the game... nobody forgot - that's how we knew he had WMD. And everyone (most everyone) understands that back then SH wasn't known to be as evil or anti-american as he was he hadn't gassed his own people or tried to corner the world oil supply. He was the "enemy of our enemy" and we sought to oppose our enemy at that time (and now.)

Or threatened to sell oil in any currency someone could bring to the table.

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by Judge

you're a little late to the game... nobody forgot - that's how we knew he had WMD. And everyone (most everyone) understands that back then SH wasn't known to be as evil or anti-american as he was he hadn't gassed his own people or tried to corner the world oil supply. He was the "enemy of our enemy" and we sought to oppose our enemy at that time (and now.)

He gassed the Kurds when Reagan was president.

[XDConvert9mm]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

He gassed the Kurds when Reagan was president.

Does this mean that he mellowed out and became a good guy during the GWB term?

[Judge]

????

He did it in March of 88 the first time, right at the end of reagan's term in office.

And that's about when we quit supplying him with weapons and started changing policy towrd him, though it took couple of years....

Originally Posted by Etta Place

He gassed the Kurds when Reagan was president.

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by Judge

????

He did it in March of 88 the first time, right at the end of reagan's term in office.

And that's about when we quit supplying him with weapons and started changing policy towrd him, though it took couple of years....

Reagan was in office in March of 1988. George H.W. Bush didn't become president until January of 1989. Plus, the U.S. was most chummy with Iraq during the time that they were using mustard gas on the Iranians.

Chemical weapon attacks
Location Weapon Used Date Casualties
Haij Umran Mustard August 1983 fewer than 100 Iranian/Kurdish
Panjwin Mustard October-November 1983 3,001 Iranian/Kurdish Majnoon Island Mustard February-March 1984 2,500 Iranians
al-Basrah Tabun March 1984 50-100 Iranians
Hawizah Marsh Mustard & Tabun March 1985 3,000 Iranians
al-Faw Mustard & Tabun February 1986 8,000 to 10,000 Iranians
Um ar-Rasas Mustard December 1986 1,000s Iranians
al-Basrah Mustard & Tabun April 1987 5,000 Iranians
Sumar/Mehran Mustard & nerve agent October 1987 3,000 Iranians
Halabjah Mustard & nerve agent March 1988 7,000s Kurdish/Iranian al-Faw Mustard & nerve agent April 1988 1,000s Iranians
Fish Lake Mustard & nerve agent May 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians
Majnoon Islands Mustard & nerve agent June 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians
South-central border Mustard & nerve agent July 1988 100s or 1,000s Iranians
an-Najaf -
Karbala area Nerve agent & CS March 1991 Shi’a casualties not known

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