My research tells me that the relationship of the former Iraqi regime with the US is exaggerated. the US nominally intervened to assist Iraq in its war against Iran because when Saddam started to loose after one year of fighting, they had to prop him, but it was more of a marriage of convenience since the US feared Iranian expansion. whilst Israel backed Iran (conta), and the stubborn mullah wanted to send more young men to heaven that is not stop the war. all the records speak of saddam wanting to stop as soon as he realsied he started losing. one interesting paper from Sweden, do not recall who, says that Saddam had to be done away with as soon as he insisted on stopping the war. circles of the liberal left inflated the cozy relationship of Saddam with the US. Iraq was a soviet satellite who's number was up as soon as the cold war was over. that is it. context is everything. all you have to imagine is a situation where for a long time iraq is sandwiched between arch allies of the US, turkey saudi arabia and iran and realise that sooner or later it has to go.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:45:17 AM Subject: Re: Why did Saddam become expendable? On 1/12/07, Rui Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Other US creations, offspring around the world have become embarassing > butchers - yet the US continues to cover up for them. > > So, what was it about Saddam so so ticked off the Bushes???? I read somewhere that the US turned against Saddam when he nationalized Iraqi oil. But I don't know if that's true or not. Is there an expert in the house? -- Jim Devine / "Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it, because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us." -- Stephen Colbert. ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
