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he was going to change the currency iraq used away from the US dollar, which was the main factor. saddam was really just the PR part of the operation, and used as an excuse. he was armed and funded by the US back in the 80's, i'm sure you remember that infamous picture of him shaking rumsfelds hand. it was about the oil, getting into the middle east, getting into iran etc. the reasons have been listed already in this thread numerous times. it really had fuck all to do with saddam being a dictator. the US has never been averse to funding dictators or installing puppet ones when it suits their interests. basically saddam wasn't playing ball with the americans anymore, and who could blame him? their sanctions had been starving the population of iraq all throughout the 90's.
what's funny is the WMD thing, he knew he didn't have them, but he called America's bluff right to the very end, thinking that if they were gonna make up false propaganda against him to convince people of his evil he could at least use it to his advantage. i don't think he ever thought they were actually stupid enough to convince themselves of their own lies and that some of them did think he actually had WMD's.
in 09 a coalition of countries included russia, france, iran and china came together in talks to do just this. i didn't see it reported anywhere but the independant but it will have a MASSIVE effect on america's position this century.
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