"That is my opinion also. Everyone praises Reagan, while I see his continuation in Nicuragua as a crime. Selling the equipment to Saddam to manufactur mustard gas wasn't his finest moment IMO!"
Never happened. We gave him sat photos of Iranian troop movements. That's about it.
Rumsfeld actually chastized one of the top Iraqis, I believe it was Aziz, during their meeting back then, can anyone recall what about?
Since before RR's first term the US had been providing Saddam with materials which had legitimate uses in farming, but could also be used to develop chemical weapons. When it was determined thats what Hussein was doing with them, RR stopped the deliveries. Rumsfeld was the presidential envoy to the MI 82-84 & might have addressed this issue with Saddam - maybe thats what you remember.