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We supported some of his most brutal actions as a dictator until he was no longer useful to us.
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times change.
using one's enemy to fight another enemy
is wise by most standards.
saddam did for us
what america itself could not,
i.e. punish iran for overthrowing our puppet, the shah,
seizing our embassy and
in general humiliating us before the entire world.
in doing our bidding
he bankrupted both nations,
which served our purposes nicely.
why would you criticize the CIA/Pentagon
for getting the job done
without loss of american soldiers ?
isn't that why we pay them ?
our support for saddam bought us time,
and weakened both of our enemies in the process.
i call that a win-win.
after the war
he outlived his usefulness
and turned on his masters,
an unforgiveable offense in a stooge/puppet.
and then saddam made his fatal mistake,
he tried to kill g. bush sr.
and failed.
it is the worst of all mistakes
to try to kill the king
and to fail.
he should have killed the king and his sons too.
then he might still be ruling in baghdad.
but he did not,
and as they say
payback is a real bitch.