[quote=Aecetia]We created him to use against Iran. We supplied him with missles and chemicals to use against his enemies and he did. We made a deal with the devil and I suspect we were trying to clean up our mess. It looks like our intell about what the J6pack Iraqi residents would do if we actually invaded, but it looks like we lack intell about their culture and do not understand the various factions involved and their historic feuds with each other. I read that it was because the CIA has been relying on electronic surveillance rather than operatives, part of the cut back during the previous administration, but I am by no means an expert on this issue. I defer to Allan in this discussion. He is the blogerati in-residence. [/quote]
We did not create Saddam to use against Iran. He was a thug in the Baath Paty since early in his life.
Its a myth we created Saddam and was created by the left knowing full well it was a lie.
We supplied arms to Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war simply because we considered Iraq to be the less evil at the time.
Few people realize that the Baath party was actually formed upon the principles and organizational structure of the Nazi party. Iraq, because of its oil and hatred of Jews, was an important battleground between the Axis and Allied powers in World War II. Nazi propaganda was broadcast throughout Baghdad, and Iraqis often went on rampages against Jews throughout the war. One of the most ardent Nazi supporters during WWII was named Khairallah Talfah. Talfah was Saddam’s uncle. After the war, many of the key Iraqi Nazi supporters, all of whom evaded prosecution, wound up involved in Saddam’s rise to power.
This was all outlined in a History channel series,
“Saddam and the Third Reich” that ran recently.
