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theory9 said:
The US has known about this since the 80's...they knew about it during Gulf War I, during the Iran-Iraq War, during the No-Fly Zone, and so on...




It's true. It was never a secret that Saddam was a repressive and murderous asshole. But we lost no time in bringing him into our sphere of influence. We wrested Iraq away from their prior Soviet sponsor. He was an SOB but he was OUR SOB.