Who "sponsored" and funded Saddam's invasion into Iran...the US. So, we in effect, used Saddam to keep Iran at bay. Did we care then what kind of weapons he used?..no. Who stood by idly as he gassed his own people?..we did. Who decided not to overthrow Saddam at the end of Desert Storm in fear that Iraq would become unstable and throw the Middle East into war?..W's daddy decided not to. Who still hasn't found bio or chemical weapons in Iraq even after 2 wars in which we feared they'd be used but never were?..we haven't. The USA saw Saddam as a puppet used to quell Iran's dominance in the Middle East. When he invaded Kuwait (Which most Iraqis still claim as theirs and have for decades) the USA got caught in a game of politics vs. what the world expected the US to do and the man they had backed for years. Bush 1 decided to do what the world expected, but realized he was in too deep to overthrow Saddam...sadly, his son isn't as smart.