• Placebonickname@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In the late 1970s and early 80s Iraq under the control of Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons, including mustard, gas to attack Iran.

    Under Saddam Hussein Iraq also used chemical weapons to attack a minority ethnic population called the Kurdish in their own borders

    And in the 1990’s Saddam, invaded another country without cause.

    All those facts together, it felt totally reasonable to believe that Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons and was willing to use them or give them to terrorist

    I know that this is contrary to the popular message in the media these days, but it’s a time living through the actual event, there was another perspective to this whole story

    

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      All those facts together, it felt totally reasonable to believe that Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons and was willing to use them or give them to terrorist

      Only if you ignore… literally everything else about the situation. “Felt reasonable” isn’t an excuse to start a fucking war.