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> believe that Iraq was becoming a nuclear threat led by a power-hungry man I presume you mean chemical threat? Let's not forget that Saddam seems to have done
by stickfigure 5y ago
> believe that Iraq was becoming a nuclear threat led by a power-hungry man
I presume you mean chemical threat? Let's not forget that Saddam seems to have done his best to encourage that belief, and actually had a verified history of gassing the Kurds. As someone who was opposed to the Iraq war at the time, I'm still not sure history has fully weighed in on that particular (mis)adventure... the Kurds certainly are entitled to their strong endorsement.
- scaramanga 5y agoThe minor complication there is that the US defence establishment produced intelligence reports (available under FOIA) blaming the Iranians for chemical attacks. I think it wasn't until 2002 when the US intelligence agencies finally switched to publicly/officially recognising Saddam as the culprit.