Why did we support Iraq?

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Originally Posted by Fluffy
Why did we support Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war?Should we be held accountable for supporting Iraq?Should a country be allowed to give this sort of aid without the explicit approval of its citizens (i.e. a referendum)?

It must be remembered that at the time of the begining of the Iran-Iraq war, 52 Americans were being held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran. Which country would not have wanted to hit back at a hostage-taking nation, whichever way? Alas, the world would have been a safer place today if America had then helped Iraq by bombarding Iran and got rid of the Muslim fundamentalist regime in Iran, who are today on the verge of making the nuclear bomb.