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Thanks Lindy
Scott — (archived)

I still don't buy it...Why was the US so covert in their suppot of Hussain, while at the same time he was very overtly buying all of his weapons systems from the Soviet Union?

No doubt the CIA probably did try to gain influence in Iraq...They would have been negligent if they didn't. And there is no doubt that they tried to leverage their influence during the Iran/Iraq war: The alternative was to allow the Ayatollah to seize control of Iraq which was completely unacceptable from a geo-political standpoint.

Real sorry about all the communists Sadam killed. But then Sadam's personal hero Stallin, killed a lot of communists too.

At any rate, whether the CIA had a part in an assasination attempt which Sadam played a role (in the 1950's none-the-less) has nothing to do with whether or not Gulf War II was a "Just War". And the article still does not establish that the CIA "Installed Sadam" as the ruler of Iraq which is what you originally stated.

Good attempt though.

Regards,

Scott

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