What was that guy's name who went to Iraq before the war looking for WMD? He was a card carrying republican, but he found nothing, reported that it was a wild goose chase. and the Bushits smeared him.

Terribus, it's a matter of history. We put Saddam in power to balance the nuts in Iran. We gave him what he needed to do that.
We also propped up the Shah of Iran with weapons in exchange for oil under Nixon.

We also sold lethal gas to Hitler before the war, and we all know what he did with it.