The US was doing good business with Saddam until a slight misunderstanding over Kuwait, iirc. If it had been made clear to him that this would prompt a US response, he almost certainly would not have invaded. I’m sure there are a lot of theories as to why it went the way it did.
Regardless, the US has no issue supporting tacky gold-loving tinpot dictatorial narcissists when interests align. Too many US voters didn’t quite think through the repercussions of voting a wanna-be tacky gold-loving dictatorial narcissist into top office, and now they and the entire world have been paying for it.
The US was doing good business with Saddam until a slight misunderstanding over Kuwait, iirc. If it had been made clear to him that this would prompt a US response, he almost certainly would not have invaded. I’m sure there are a lot of theories as to why it went the way it did.
Regardless, the US has no issue supporting tacky gold-loving tinpot dictatorial narcissists when interests align. Too many US voters didn’t quite think through the repercussions of voting a wanna-be tacky gold-loving dictatorial narcissist into top office, and now they and the entire world have been paying for it.