It almost seems as those this is somekind of 'game' already now that Saddam is dead. It isn't as though Saddam was really the enemy so much as a pawn.
This is when the Republican administrations of the USA were profoundly in denial of an even greater enemy. That would be the ever increasing danger of Human Induced Global Warming. That was assigned to the future when all they could see as a reason for living was securing economic booms from the Gulf.
During the Iran-Iraq war both the USA and Russia were involved in the region. The USA backed both governments with an emphasis on Iraq. We all know the huge weapons stores that fell into the hands of the Iraqis after the USA illegal invasion in March 2003. Well, the knowledge of what weapons went to Iraq from the USA was known to Don Rumsfeld. There was no guessing about what Iraq had in those desert warehouses. Besides the United Nation Seals, the USA knew full well what the UN Inspectors would find.
At any rate, besides the USA, Iraq was a trading partner with Russia. Russia would also trade to some extent with the Iranians as a bargain to not meddle in Afghanistan. The Russians were involved in a confrontation battle with the all too familiar USA backed Mujahideen, of which Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar were soldiers.
Amazing.
