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When I was a child, I often heard that America "raised" Saddam, that he was her son. He was conceived the moment, if not before, he attempted to topple Iraqi President Abdul Kareem Qassim. It was 1959 and President Qassim had barely been in power for a year, but he was already Iraq's most popular leader designer sunglasses for men and America's least favorite one. He had carried out anti-American and anti-corporatist discount gucci sunglasses policies like nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing Baghdad Pact, and decriminalizing the Iraqi Communist Party. He also resurrected a long-standing Iraqi claim to Kuwait.

Saddam's attempt on President Qassim's life having failed, he fled to Egypt, where his nursing and rearing began. Hussein repeatedly visited the US Embassy and met with CIA agents interested in the downfall of the Qassim government. After his return to Iraq, in 1963 and with help of the CIA, President Qassim was assassinated, and in the process, thousands of Iraqis were massacred. While the brutalities of the Baathist regime aroused international protests, the United States was among the first nations to recognize the new government, and arms shipment began immediately.

At this point the CIA continued to hold Saddam's hand and, step-by-step, they and the State Department led him into power. They offered a list of 800 Iraqi communists to the Baathist insurgents ? all were killed. Meanwhile, western business interests, such as Mobile, Bechtel and British Petroleum began operations nike sunglasses discount in Iraq. And in 1968, the final Baathist coup brought Ahmad Hassan Al Bakr to power. He placed his cousin, Saddam Hussein, in charge of the State Security apparatus.

In 1979, Saddam Hussein seized power in a palace-coup and by 1980, the incoming Reagan administration, seeing the Islamic revolution in Iran as a threat, encouraged, if not coached, the subsequent Iraqi invasion of Iran with promises of arms, money, and intelligence. In addition to billions of dollars in arms, the Reagan administration provided the Iraqi Regime with chemical and biological weapons, including Brucella Malitensis (a bacteria that can damage major organs; Bacillus Anthracis (cause of anthrax); histoplasma capsulatam (cause of a disease attacking lungs, brain, spinal cord, and heart; clostridium perfringens (a highly toxic bacteria causing systematic illness; clostridium tetani (highly toxigenic substance).

These were given with full US knowledge of the repressive nature of Hussein's regime, and his support of international terrorists such as Abu Nidal. Back then, Saddam was loved unconditionally, practically patted on the back for what today Busch considers "unaccepted" behavior. For instance, after Iraq used U.S. supplied chemical weapons against Iranian troops and the Kurds, the Reagan administration resumed normal diplomatic relations with Iraq, and removed it from the list of countries that support terrorism.

The Iran/Iraq war stretched on for eight years, claimed over a million lives and bankrupt Iraq. After the war ended in 1988, Kuwait flooded the world oil market, lowering oil prices worldwide. It was rumored that Kuwait not only refused negotiations but assured Iraqis they'll keep the prices low even if it meant that the Iraqi women will have to prostitute themselves for ten dinars. During his court sessions some fifteen years later, Saddam cited this exact statement to the judge, which he claims was made by Kuwaiti officials.

Hussein's pleas to OPEC ignored, he considered military action against Kuwait. When he informed the US about his plans to invade Kuwait, US Ambassador April Glaspie told him: "We (the United States) have no opinion on your border dispute with Kuwait. James Baker (then Secretary of State) has instructed our official spokesman to emphasize this instruction." Given this green light to invade Kuwait, Saddam Hussein did so. The Bush administration immediately began preparations for war. Iraq offered to withdraw from Kuwait in exchange for arranging a Middle East peace summit, but was also ignored.