[cloudmountain]

My husband and I were in the KSA when Daddy Sadaam was in power.
EVERYONE in the Gulf knew what an a-hole he was. The rest of the world NATURALLY ignored the Arab countries around him. What would THEY know about Sadaam? He was "helping" the West against rogue Iran so he was a "good guy."

Then the worm turned and the Hussein family used US weapons against us. And, boy was the USA shocked and surprised. SHOCKED, I mean SHOCKED! How COULD that be?!?!?!

The rest of the Gulf Arabs just shook their respective heads, all covered with "rags," and DIDN'T say "We told you so." The USA didn't even believe its only "friend" (so to speak), the KSA, when it warned the US against Sadaam. Yes, the KSA were friends because THEY had all the petroleum and natural gas on the planet...so to speak.
What else is new?

[piasa]

Saddam did not have any US weapons to use against us. Iraq obtained its weapons from the Russians, China, France, etc.

The only thing we sold him were some unarmed helicopters, though he had the outfitted with Russian guns later, so I don’t know what you are talking about.