kraftiekortie wrote:
I have faith in the essential honesty and decency of humans I come in contact with. I don't believe every person is a "conspiracy waiting to happen."
The US, probably, wanted to get at Iraq for its oil. And a variety of other reasons, some of which were not purely altruistic.
There is some evidence that poison gas was used on the Kurds by the Iraqis.
The US already had the oil.
The US and the UK gave them the weapons and supported them when they gassed Kurds.
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