re: #165 Max D. Reinhardt

It’s not about ideology, it’s about social justice.

We gave Saddam Hussein weapons of mass destruction and he used them to slaughter hundreds of Kurds. The CIA also allegedly met with Saddam during his exile in Cairo and helped return him to Iraq.

Reagan knew about Saddam’s brutal internal policies and his use of chemical weapons.

It was time for us to do the right thing. We created that monster and we needed to take him out.

We took out the monster when it turned on us.

That may be sensible, but calling it morality leaves a real bad taste in my mouth.