Vector wrote in message . ..
On 11 Jan 2004 21:30:46 -0800, (Tchiowa) wrote:

Vector wrote in message . ..
On 8 Jan 2004 00:19:27 -0800, (Tchiowa) wrote:

The statement made was that the US supported Saddam while Saddam was
gassing Kurds. Yes, I deny that.

Oh well, if denial helps you to sleep at night with those images of
the kids of Halabja running thru your mind then go for it.

In other words, you can't back up the accusation.

No - it means I can't normally be stuffed dealing with ignorant trolls
- but just for you -

Now read what you are citing:

" Although the U.S. government officially denounced the gassing of the
Kurds, it was business like never before with Iraq. After 1988
business with Iraq actually increased. By 1989, Iraq was given
American agricultural guarantees worth $1 billion. Iraq was the
largest importer of U.S. rice and the 2nd largest participant in the
agricultural credit program."
More on the greedy U$-Iraqi lovefest here -
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/kurds/alliance.html

That does *NOT*, repeat *NOT* say that the US supported Saddam.
American imports and exports from all kinds of countries. It has
nothing to do with whether or not we support their leader.

Or do a Google on the Prevention of Genocide Act and see how it was
torpedoed by greedy U$ Scum who stood to lo$e out on their evil trade
wuth Saddam.

Here, try this link from The Axis of the Wilfully Obstuse which seems
fairly appropriate in your case -

http://www.afterimages.co.uk/backword/00006.html
"But, by August 1988, the war between Baghdad and Tehran was over. And
yet Saddam continued his genocidal "Anfal" campaign against the Kurds,
which by late 1988 had resulted in close to 100,000 deaths, most of
them civilian. So, in September 1988, then-Senator Claiborne Pell of
Rhode Island introduced the Prevention of Genocide Act, which would
have ended all U.S. aid to Baghdad. The bill passed the Senate, but
the Reagan administration helped scuttle it in the House. And, when
George H. W. Bush became president the following year, he doubled U.S.
agricultural loans to Iraq ? money that, it would later be revealed,
Saddam was partly diverting to the military."

Again, read what you quoted. It does not support the statement that I
challenged.

I snipped the rest because it's more of the same.

You need to work on reading comprehension.

Again, the statement made was the the US supported Saddam while he was
gassing Kurds. The statement was not "US businesses imported or
exported to Iraq after the attack" or anything like that. A very
specific statement. And it simply isn't true. And nothing you posted
contradicts that.

But don't let that stop you.........