So, back in the 80's, while Reagan was president, the US government knew about Saddam gassing the Kurds, but decided to keep having relations with
Iraq because the US was making money exporting food to Iraq and they wanted Saddam to be a "reliable partner"!
Not only did the US decide that Iraq/Saddam shouldn't be punished for the gassing that killed up to 5,000 Kurds and injured anywhere from 7,000 to
10,000 people, but the US government also kept shipping arms to Iraq/Saddam!
Enter Bush Jr., trying to argue for the invasion of Iraq in 2003, where one of his main arguments for invading Iraq (besides Saddam STILL
possessing chemical and biological weapons) was Saddam's gassing of the Kurds!
Seems a LITLLE hypocritical to not even want to punish Saddam in the 80's when the attack occured, then 15 odd years later, use the gassing of
the Kurds as a reason to go to war!
www.cnn.com
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