The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
Dan Quayle
Question
What if the CIA had never put Saddam into power for Iraq?
Saddam Hussein
•Sunni leader of Iraq
•Chosen by the CIA as a pro-American and helped brought to power
•Worried about the spread of Shiite Islam
•Harsh on his own country (Kurds and 65% Shiite nation)
•Claimed Kuwait to start the first Gulf War (Americans didn't like this)
•Used poison gas on the Kurds in the north
•Chosen by the CIA as a pro-American and helped brought to power
•Worried about the spread of Shiite Islam
•Harsh on his own country (Kurds and 65% Shiite nation)
•Claimed Kuwait to start the first Gulf War (Americans didn't like this)
•Used poison gas on the Kurds in the north
Summary
Saddam Hussein was the Sunni leader of Iraq and was a pro-American leader. He was harsh on his own country.