Rumsfeld and his 'old friend' Saddam

[acmavm]

Dec 17, 2003

WASHINGTON - At last in United States military captivity, ousted former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will soon mark an important 20th anniversary, the kind of anniversary that brings with it an appreciation of the ironies of life, and politics.
His captor, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, might also recall long-forgotten memories - or memories best forgotten - of what he was doing exactly 20 years ago.

If so, he will remember that he was in Baghdad, as a special envoy from then-president Ronald Reagan, assuring his host that, to quote the secret National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) that served as his talking points: the US would regard "any major reversal of Iraq's fortunes as a strategic defeat for the West".

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Rumsfeld was soon on his way to Baghdad in a trip that, by 1985, would result in Washington supplying Saddam with some US$1.5 billion worth of weapons equipment and technology, including items applicable to Iraq's nuclear or biological-weapons program, such as anthrax strains and pesticides.

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Why Donald, you're just another terrorist scamp, aren't you?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. link?

[acmavm]

2. Phooey!

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL17Ak01.html

Sorry, long day.

[Raster]

3. Personally, I'm glad sadam has been captured alive...

...NOW HE CAN TESTIFY!!!

A neutral country should take custody of Sadam (no small planes, please) and hold him for a VERY, VERY public trial. I want to hear all about the connections with the reagan and bush 1 administrations. I want to see the receipts for the WMD.