Chris McKitterick (mckitterick) wrote,
Chris McKitterick
mckitterick

Rumsfeld + Saddam sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g

From a friend and former Lawrencian (Mike):
"I would like to see a few things highlighted in the press. For example, when Rumsfeld talks about Saddam using WMDs against his own people, he's right. He has known about this for a long time. In fact, he knew all about it when he was photographed smiling & shaking hands with Saddam on December 20, 1983."

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
(Note that this was after Saddam had gassed his own people to the horror of the world.)

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/special/iraq/

"Now he's raging with righteous indignation. Why didn't it bother him then?"

Well, it didn't profit him or his cronies to rail against it before. Duh. When Rumsfeld first visited Saddam in 1983 and did the famous handshake, it was on a mission to get Bechtel's oil pipline approved.

Chris
Subscribe

  • Calling all Trump voters:

    I acknowledge that you can't ALL support the awful things your chosen candidate said during the campaign. You might even believe that he just…

  • Losing My Religion

    I just realized that losing my religion as an early teenager led to a lot of troubled times throughout my teens and even into my early 20s. I'd…

  • Why so many Americans vote against their own best interests.

    Want to understand what's up with poor people voting Tea Party or Republican? Here's a hint: " The financial crisis proved that rich people are no…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    switch
    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
    Help
  • 4 comments