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Originally Posted by sspadowsky
Yes, because I'm sure Rumsfeld was an innocent lamb 20 years ago, and had no idea what Hussein was all about.
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The Reagan administration knew about Hussein using WMDs against Iran when Rumsfeld went over to Iraq to give good ol' Saddam a hardy handshake as pictured, and continued to champion Hussein's regime right until he invaded Kuwait.
But to be fair, although the US gov't was the most active, other countries also casted morality aside and traded with Hussein including the UK, France, Germany, Russia and my own country, Canada.
It's worth noting, then Canadian Minister Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy has recently been on TV to admit Canada's involvement in dealing with Hussein, and mentioned that morality was never at play when dealing with the dictator's regime.