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During the 1980s, during the [[Iran-Iraq War]], the [[United States of America|United States]] considered Saddam Hussein to be a friend and assisted him with loans <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/</ref> up until the time of the [[Iranian initiative]] under President Reagan when U.S. policy shifted.  Fearing the threat to Iraq's neighbors, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Gulf States if a militarized Iraq under Saddam emerged from the war intact, the U.S. through intermediaries began selling [[TOW missile]]s to Iran in what has come to be known as the  [[Iran/Contra affair]], to break the deadlock and tip the balance in favor Iran.   

During the 1980s, during the [[Iran-Iraq War]], the [[United States of America|United States]] considered Saddam Hussein to be a friend and assisted him with loans <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/</ref> up until the time of the [[Iranian initiative]] under President Reagan when U.S. policy shifted.  Fearing the threat to Iraq's neighbors, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Gulf States if a militarized Iraq under Saddam emerged from the war intact, the U.S. through intermediaries began selling [[TOW missile]]s to Iran in what has come to be known as the  [[Iran/Contra affair]], to break the deadlock and tip the balance in favor Iran.   

He was one of the few modern leaders who used [[Weapons of Mass Destruction|weapons of mass destruction]], specifically [[chemical weapon]]s, in war; and was the instigator of at least two wars: the [[Iran-Iraq War]] during the 1980s and Iraq's August, 1990, invasion of Kuwait.

He was one of the few modern leaders who used [[weapons of mass destruction]], specifically [[chemical weapon]]s, in war; and was the instigator of at least two wars: the [[Iran-Iraq War]] during the 1980s and Iraq's August, 1990, invasion of Kuwait.

==War on Terror==

==War on Terror==