Thank you for sharing that photograph. I recall it from back then, but the only trouble is, shortly after that, I heard the U. S. had decided not to back Iraq. In fact, the Soviets did, and when our troops went into Iraq, that's all they found--old Soviet equipment, not USA equipment. We decided not to help them because Saddam was using chemical weapons, and even though he was fighting Iran, and Iran had detained Americans for 444 days against their will and ours and were lower than snake snot, Saddam was even lower for using chem weapons on the poor Kurds. He was also known for murdering his own country's former congresscritters his first week as leader of Iraq. Rumsfeld was only making a query because Americans were glad to see someone else fighting Iran the kidnappers, but when the decision was made, Iraq was out, not in with American aid. I remember reading it in the paper and wondering what in the world had the Iraqis done in order to get no help from us when Iran had been such a horse's heiny to Americans who'd been hijacked by terrorists, and Iran held them. I didn't think it could get much worse. At the time, I did not know Iraq had used chemical weapons against the Kurds. That's why I remember the story.
There's been a lot of rewriting of history that didn't happen in this country in the last 30 years in order to smear good people.
It stuck in my craw, because I didn't know both sides, I just knew Iran had blatantly kidnapped American citizens who did them no harm whatever.
