Support from the U.S. for Iraq was not a secret and was frequently discussed in open session of the Senate and House of Representatives, although the public and news media paid little attention.

On June 9, 1992, Ted Koppel reported on ABC’s Nightline, ‘It is becoming increasingly clear that George Bush, operating largely behind the scenes throughout the 1980s, initiated and supported much of the financing, intelligence, and military help that built Saddam’s Iraq into the power it became.’

Both the ‘Reagan & Bush administrations permitted’ and ‘frequently encouraged’ the flow of money, agricultural credits, dual- use technology, as well as chemicals, and weapons to Iraq.”

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This is one of the 4,190,000 “goggle” entries i got when I searched for” “US Support of Iraq during the Iraq – Iran War”

The United States supported Iraq during the Iran

You really NEED to spend some time FREEING your mind from it wallowing around in the deep dark caves of massive IGNORANCE!

Your comment: “During WWII the media indoctrinated Americans into supporting the fight against the Axis.
IS one of the most stupid, asinine and ludicrous things I have ever read!

LOOK CHILD, we did NOT NEED ANYONE indoctrinating us to fight the Axis and WE DAMN WELL do not need anyone indoctrinating us to fight Moslem Terrorists either.

IF instead of dashing off a reply to me and proving how much he does not know, had he had actually done some in-depth research, he will find U,S, assistance to Saddam during the Iraq – Iran War was WELL DOCUMENTED.

The reason Mr Elliott, Iraq was finally able to force Iran to stop the war, was due to the intelligence the Americans supplied to Iraq. We used our spy satellites, radio intercepts and intelligence gained by other means to inform Saddam’s regime the location of Iranian assets and movement of Iranian forces.

IF Mr Elliott will DO the research, he will find I am correct! DOUBLE PERIOD!

The US did not support Saddam. Period. I spent the last year of Iran-Iraq war in the Gulf and we were ready to shoot at both sides.

What threw the balance of the Iran-Iraq war was Hezbollah kidnaping and killing four USSR embassy officials in Lebanon in 1986.

In addition to Spetznaz dealing with Hezbollah directly,
the USSR reduced the price of the tanks sold to Iraq,
increased the debt they were willing to allow Saddam, and
started donating tanks from storage.

Iraq took delivery of over 2,000 Soviet tanks in the last two years of the war (Fall 1986-Fall 1988). Then there was all the rest of the equipment from the USSR.

It is not smart to PO the Russians. Even by proxy…

The Iran-Iraq war was a Red-on-Red fight from the US perspective. We did not want either to win. We did not support either side. Period.

During WWII the media indoctrinated Americans into supporting the fight against the Axis.

During the Vietnam War the media indoctrinated Americans into supporting the North Vietnamese invasion of the South. Ever since then we’ve been f*cked.

The FACTS ARE the U.S. DID help Saddam regime during the last part of the Iran-Iraq war. Had we not, Iran
would NOT have FINALY agreed to stop the fighing and not continuing with their plans to first take Iraq and then ALL of the area to the West & South of Iran.

As “HELPED” and “SUPPORTED” basically mean the same thing, I submit WE DID “Support” Saddam during the Iran-Iraq War.

And, GOOD ON US FOR DOING SO!

Neil C. Reinhardt

It’s most accurate to say that the U.S. opposed Iran, not that we supported Iraq. The U.S. Government at that time recognized Saddam for what he was–a brutal, mercurial dictator who could not be regarded as a reliable ally in any sense of the word. The very limited U.S. aid Iraq got was targeted against Iran, not given to Saddam for his own sake.

The idea that the US ’supported” Iraq under Saddam is a Big Lie. We helped them once when it looked like the Iranians might pull off a surprise attack and told them about it, not because we ’suupported” Iraq, but because we wanted the fighting to continue. We did the same for Iran and sold them F-14 parts.

Cheers