The problem with the GWB hate crowd is that the UN did nothing to stop the removal of the Butcher of Baghdad. The arab world did nothing. Congress approved going to war. Yes, they may have left it up to Bush but none the less they voted to let him.
You need to turn off talk radio and study history.
Ronald Reagan helped Hussein consolidate his power. Reagan had Iraq removed from the official list of terrorist nations so that he could fund and weaponize Hussein.
Reagan was playing chess against the Soviets, with each side trying to accumulate regional assets. We lost a vital ally in Iran (the Shaw), which loss heightened the need for another regional asset. Hussein was seen as a good choice because he was initially friendly to U.S. oil needs and he had the power to control the violent tribal sects. Reagan supported this madman because Hussein was seen as the best choice at that time by the Reagan administration, who was much more willing to make deals with terrorist petrol-states than Carter. [Unlike Carter the anti-oil crusader, reagan knew that our near-term energy needs required the Middle East] Point is: we made this violent madman stronger, and people like you don't even know it. This is not a secret. It's on the record. Go the ******* Reagan Library. Study his Middle East policies. Every leader makes tough choices. Reagan did the same thing with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan (an early version of Al Qaeda that included a young Bin Laden). Reagan wanted to trap the Soviets in Afghanistan so he trained and funded the opposition. Reagan was successful against the Soviets, but he made all these terrorist groups stronger. And now we are lying in that bed.
You should study
actual policy papers so that your contributions to this forum are more interesting.
FYI: I don't think Reagan was necessarily wrong for funding terrorists to fight the Soviets. I don't think Reagan was necessarily wrong for supporting Hussein, especially after we lost the Shaw in neighboring Iraq. These were hard choices to make in the face of terrible options. Carter didn't trust Hussein or these terrorist groups as much as Reagan. Carter believed that alliances with these evil doers would eventually come back to haunt us, and pose problems far worse than a fledgling Soviet Union that was already being unwound by Gorby. Even so, neither of us now how complicated the world was or is - but it helps to know actual history rather than constantly repeating Republican talking points about Hussein.
Educate yourself.The next election is important. A Republican will win, but it should be the one who is most qualified to understand a complex world. We can no longer afford your ignorance.
