A Short Lesson on the Arbitrary Nature of the Death Penalty
Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld. December 20, 1983.
One of these men was hanged for crimes against humanity.
One is retiring and living off profits from military contractors…after designing a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606694919/abstract).
Both apparently worked on the same side for a little while.
Check out The National Security Archive website information on Saddam and Rumy smiling it up (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/). The site has good information on the full relationship. It wasn’t without it’s problems. Reagan did have to publicly say chemical weapons are bad and then figure out a way to keep Iraq armed. Empire is hard work.
PS – If you haven’t read it yet, check out The Lancet’s article on deaths in Iraq due to the invasion (link above).
