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"Supported" in the sense of "not letting being conquered completely by Iran." Who was carrying out its own mass executions of non-Muslims and implementing its o
by chibg10 7y ago
"Supported" in the sense of "not letting being conquered completely by Iran." Who was carrying out its own mass executions of non-Muslims and implementing its own cultural revolution around that time.
America definitely had some self-interest in protecting Iraq, but it's not like the alternative was clearly a better choice either.
- yongjik 7y ago> "Supported" in the sense of "not letting being conquered completely by Iran." Iraq started the war.
- chibg10 7y agoRight, that doesn't mean it went well for them. The US didn't provide significant aid to Iraq until it feared the Hussein government being overrun altogether. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran–Iraq_War#Support https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Ir...
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