did rumsfeld ever praise saddam in the 80s?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

i'm rebutting a piece in the paper by a local rw asshole who wrote this column that canada "needs to apologize" for not attacking iraq. he goes on and on about 'rape rooms" and torture and how his benevolant idols in the bush administration were able to 'face evil"

i thought it might be fun to throw the past up at him, particularly how his heroes installed that evil in the first place and am looking for some good quotes.

[ComerPerro]

1. He met with him and shook his hand

After a lot of the killing had happened, and probably while it was still going on.

To me, that really ought to be enough.

[MileHiStealth]

2. Here's a start ...

http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/press.htm

[tuvor]

3. Why do we need to apologize for not attacking Iraq?

I'm curious as to what we've done that's hurt him so.