Ann I think you're oversimplifying the situation. There are definite ties to bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. They have been tied together on the first WTC bombing in '93 and there are intelligence sources that have tied them to 9/11.

I have to disagree about knowing that he was a madman. The guy came to power by murdering his way to the top and then just took over without ANYONE being able to stop him.

Now, as far as why we sided with Iraq in the Iran/Iraq war, at the time the U.S. viewed the Ayatollah as a bigger threat than Saddam Hussein. I'm sure looking back that perhaps we might have done things differently, but the past is the past and we can't change it.

Apology accepted Soledad, I kind of figured that was why you had reacted the way you did. I guess we both need to get a little tougher skin eh?