Robert Fisk revisits the circumstances that resulted in Saddam Hussein's rise to power and asks:
"Who encouraged Saddam to invade Iran in 1980, which was the greatest war crime he has committed for it led to the deaths of a million and a half souls? And who sold him the components for the chemical weapons with which he drenched Iran and the Kurds? We did. No wonder the Americans, who controlled Saddam's weird trial, forbad any mention of this, his most obscene atrocity, in the charges against him. Could he not have been handed over to the Iranians for sentencing for this massive war crime? Of course not. Because that would also expose our culpability."Read more.
Photo Credit: Robert Fisk during a lecture at Carleton University, Canada. (Wikipedia
Also See:
- iNoodle.com: Words of Wisdom Amidst Myopic Folly
- Justice, but No Reckoning - New York Times Editorial
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