First
Midterm
Directions:
The paper should be no less than five, double-spaced typed
pages in length and is due on October 25, 2007.
- Before the outbreak of the
Second Gulf War, the Bush administration painted Saddam Hussein as evil
incarnate. Although Saddam was a monster, what was the relationship that
existed between the United States and Iraq in the years immediately before
Saddam ordered the invasion of Kuwait? Why was Iraq so important to American
foreign policy? Why did two presidents decide to support Saddam during the
Iran-Iraq War? What did the United States know of Saddam’s crimes before the
First Gulf conflict?