#425430 - 04/23/0901:45 AMRe: Three cheers for torture!
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six_of_one
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1980-1988 = Iran-Iraq War, during which the US friendly with Iraq and along with other western nations facilitated Saddam's WMD programs, supplying biochemical samples and with the US largely covering for him in the UN for using chemical weapons during the war ...
After the first Gulf War in 1990 the UN pretty much dismantled Saddam's WMD capability and destroyed his stockpiles of biochemical weapons ...
Kurds were gassed by our WMD we gave to Saddam in what decade
So explain to me what decade that WMDs were allowed ? ?
When the United States wanted them allowed. During the Iraq War with Iran we were pals with Saddam. We gave him the gas and he gassed the Kurds. (See 6of1 for dates). <--get it now?
Let me draw a picture so you don't forget. This is not a photoshop. Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983.
Don and Ron were great pals with Saddam. Many years later Don hunted Saddam down and hung him. This cost us many trillions of dollars and the lives of many soldiers and the respect of the world was lost but Don got his man.
Even Don no longer believes Saddam had any WMDs. He is embarrassed and is hiding away hoping people do not come after him years later with a rope.
#425525 - 04/23/0912:54 PMRe: Three cheers for torture!
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carp
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Well the photo shows them shaking hands where the WMD in the photo ?
If I remember correctly Iraq bought components of the gas from a 3rd party American company which Iraq blended with other gases bought from other countries . Thats how you hide stuff . Now if the US knew about the American company supplying parts for those WMDs is another question
The short answer the US did not "directly" supply Iraq with ready to use WMDs - However it is widely known that the US did give Iraq satellite battlefield images and other intelligence on Iran
#425526 - 04/23/0901:22 PMRe: Three cheers for torture!
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carp
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Originally Posted By: six_of_one
1980-1988 = Iran-Iraq War, during which the US friendly with Iraq and along with other western nations facilitated Saddam's WMD programs, supplying biochemical samples and with the US largely covering for him in the UN for using chemical weapons during the war ...
After the first Gulf War in 1990 the UN pretty much dismantled Saddam's WMD capability and destroyed his stockpiles of biochemical weapons ...
If you read the time lime you can see Iraq was playing that age old shell game with the inspectors . Yes they manage to destroy some WMDs and some facilities , Iraq claims to have destroyed some WMDs and and some facilities but they cannot provide proof that they did or did not ?
Quote:
July 1, 1995 In response to UNSCOM's evidence, Iraq admits for first time the existence of an offensive biological weapons program, but denies weaponization.
Just a slice of the time line - In a sense UNSCOM can never say at 100% that Iraq has no WMDs