I hate seeing liberal talking points used on this forum. Especially the untrue ones. Can you source for me please, the types of WMD we gave Iraq? Ill bet all you'll come up with is dual use chemicals and anthrax spores used to combat the cow disease. Do you really believe we said "Here is some wicked mustard gas, try it out!"???? Sheesh.
December 20 1983. Donald Rumsfeld, then a civilian, meets with Saddam Hussein to assure him of US friendship and materials support.
March 1986. The United States with Great Britain block all Security Council resolutions condemning Iraq's use of chemical weapons, and on March 21 the U.S. becomes the only country refusing to sign a Security Council statement condemning Iraq's use of these weapons.
May 1986. The U.S. Department of Commerce licenses 70 biological exports to Iraq between May of 1985 and 1989, including at least 21 batches of lethal strains of anthrax.
May 1986. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade botulin poison to Iraq.
April 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of chemicals used in manufacture of mustard gas.
September 1988. U.S. Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade anthrax and botulinum to Iraq.
December 1988. Dow chemical sells $1.5 million in pesticides to Iraq despite knowledge that these would be used in chemical weapons.
July 1991. The Financial Times of London reveals that a Florida chemical company had produced and shipped cyanide to Iraq during the 80's using a special CIA courier. Cyanide was used extensively against the Iranians.
Yeah, all that anthrax was just to combat Iraq's problem with anthrax amongst their HUGE cattle industry. A line like that coming from a leftist would be met with much derision.