Sorry Guest Rag, I must be missing something in what you are saying.

My question regarding Saddam Husein was asked in connection with your assertion that he was put in power as a military dictator by the western powers. In your reply above you mention the Sauds in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. What is the connection to my question?

"As for Saddam Hussein being able to avoid the territorial aggression of the US in the oil region by complying with UN resolutions - that's just naive."

It's not naive - It's fact.

Here's another fact with regard to Iraq. Their greatest supplier of arms and weapon technology since the Ba'ath Regime came to power in Iraq have been the Russians and the French.

That you seem to believe that alliances and national interests do not change with the passage of time stikes me as being incredibly naive.

I would agree that there is too much posturing on this thread with respect to the issues, mainly undertaken by individuals who blithely ignore fact or reality.