Quote Originally Posted by GrowRebel
Folks at home ..... I'm sure you had no problems looking at the link I provided ....
FINALLY got it to open:

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Or the use of chemical weapons on the Kurds........
OR..............

Have a good one!

YOUR RESPONSE:

Done with the blessings of the US government. So if they weren't outraged then .... why are you now?

ACTUAL STORY FROM ARTICLE:

The day before, Iran had accused Iraq of poisoning 600 of its soldiers with mustard gas and Tabun nerve gas.

There is no doubt that the US government knew Iraq was using chemical weapons. On March 5, 1984, the State Department had stated that â??available evidence indicates that Iraq has used lethal chemical weaponsâ?ť. The March 30, 1984, NYT reported that US intelligence officials has â??what they believe to be incontrovertible evidence that Iraq has used nerve gas in its war with Iran and has almost finished extensive sites for mass producing the lethal chemical warfare agentâ?ť.

However, consistent with the pattern throughout the Iran-Iraq war and after, the use of these internationally outlawed weapons was not considered important enough by Rumsfeld and his political superiors to halt Washington's blossoming love affair with Hussein.

So where does that state that the U.S. gave their blessings for Saddam to gas the Kurds? NOWHERE in that article! I've NEVER disputed that we supplied chem weapons to Iraq for the Iran/Iraq war. It was a way to deal with the Basij at the time.

Have a good one!:s4: