My point is that we helped arm and support two of the three in the axis of evil. One of these coutries we have already defeated in war. But we left Saddam still in power. My point is that this country does not always do the smart thing. And as a result, people die and money is spent like it is water.
We left Saddam in power because the UN resolution did not permit us to march into Bahgdad in 1991.
Saddam broke the peace agreement of the first Gulf War. Even Clinton and Kerry realized this and planned to resume the war in 1997/1998.
Your point that we helped arm Hussein and are therefore responsible for his crimes is not a very strong one. I've already mentioned that Iraq received the great majority of its arms from Russia and France. The fact is we help arm a lot of countries to a greater or lesser extent. That in no way justifies the recipients of our arms the right to mistreat or murder its citizens or to invade other countries. We've sold arms to many countries, but how many of them have invaded other countries or started wars like Hussein did? If you sell me a gun and I go rob a bank with it, are you to blame?