M. ted:In a discussion with Europeans yesterday the odd fact was raised that in several areas in Europe there is a belief that the reason Saddam was never taken out during Bush I's regime, get this, was: Bush paid Saddam two buillion dollars to invade Kuwait providing th emotivation needed for a US war which would revitalize things in the economy; the proviso was that Saddam would not be killed.
This has all the earmarks of wildass conspiracy theory babble, of course. But I wonder if you had ever heard such a rumor and whether you knew anything that might substantiate any piece of it?
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