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the weapons we had given him in the past, we never talk about those. we never talk about how we are the ones who helped these dictators around the world. as far as assad and syria goes, you know, i think as americans now when we re told anything, somebody comes on and says there are report that is maybe this, maybe ta. we have to have the most skeptical, critical eye and err to what we are being told. that s my problem with it. here we go again. we were told saddam had chemical weapons and was about to use them. now we re told assad has. many say this is a pretext for going in and going into some kind of advanced war with assad. yes. how do we know who to believe here? well, you start by not believing the people who lied to you before. the american government lied to its own people. honestly, i don t know of a worse lie one could tell other than a lie to take a country to war.
a proportionate reaction from america? let s put it in context. the chemical weapons that saddam hussein used on the kurds were given to him by us. he was our ally. we funded him. we armed him. we helped him with an eight-year war against iran. the weapons of mass destruction which the weapons inspectors knew weren t there. everybody knew they weren t there. the weapons we had given him in the past, we never talk about those. we never talk about how we are the ones who helped these dictators around the world. as far as assad and syria goes, you know, i think as americans now when we re told anything, somebody comes on and says there are report that is maybe this, maybe ta. we have to have the most skeptical, critical eye and err to what we are being told. that s my problem with it. here we go again. we were told saddam had chemical weapons and was about to use