Saddam Hussein visiting France in 1975. With Jacques Chirac visiting a nuclear reactor.

lgf ^ | 2 18 2003

[Cachelot]

Somehow, Saddam's head looks out of place

It is out of place. It belongs on a stake.

[Elenya]

The US was not "allied" with Iraq, any more than we were allied with the mullahs of Iran.

"...When Iraq attacked Iran in 1980 over a border dispute, the United States tilted toward Saddam -- secretly supplying intelligence to hit Iranian positions..."

link

Let's not rewrite history here. Saddam was the West's buddy in the 70s and early 80s. Trying to spin it won't change that fact. And the sooner we remove him the better.

[SAMWolf]

Never trust the French.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[MeekOneGOP]

[dfwgator]

And we allied with Stalin against Hitler...what's your point?

[Olydawg]

I believe this photo was taken at the conclusion of the alien autopsy.

[SquirrelKing]

Thanks! Makes for some light reading.

[faithincowboys]

so--rumsfeld meeting him was business. chirac was engaging in the personal, perhaps he is smitten with saddam. the mustache is very popular in certain subgroups.

[carl in alaska]

Rush Limbaugh is blasting Chirac today about his nuclear connection to Saddam. I believe he's quoting material from Statfor. He's saying that Chirac has a great deal to hide in Iraq and Chirac is really getting worried about news from Iraq after the war. This explains Chirac's increasingly irrational and vitriolic behavior lately.

[dennisw]

Here's the STRATFOR material:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/846787/posts

[Nogbad]

ping

[Victoria Delsoul]

Nice catch, dennis.

For sure. Thanks Dennis.