
U.S. Support for Saddam Hussein (1980s): How America Armed Iraq Before Turning Against Him
In December 1983, Donald Rumsfeld, then a special envoy for President Ronald Reagan, shook hands with Saddam Hussein
In December 1983, Donald Rumsfeld, then a special envoy for President Ronald Reagan, shook hands with Saddam Hussein
Between 2009 and 2017, the Obama administration carried out over 563 drone strikes—ten times more than under Bush