Having personally lived through the 90's and 00's, I can confirm that: * Sadam Houssein (and Kadhafi, and Khomeini) regularly moaned about the US * everybody

Having personally lived through the 90's and 00's, I can confirm that: * Sadam Houssein (and Kadhafi, and Khomeini) regularly moaned about the US * everybody was indeed aware of them * and everyone ignored them * for most people outside the US, the second gulf war was perceived a transparent lie One look at the ridiculous "coalition of the willing" that GWB managed to drum up makes that clear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing_(Iraq_War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing_(Iraq...