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Ah ha, the last refuge of an appeaser getting his ass kicked in debate - trot out the hoary old donald rumsfeld helping the iraqis chestnut - as usual, shorn of the geopolitical context of that help.
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Problem is that the Reagan Admin stood in the way of sanctions for the act and the GOP lobbied against sanctions because it would not be good for business....
In the end, the Prevention of Genocide Act ran into its stiffest opposition at the White House. The Reagan administration believed that the sanctions were 'premature'. Galbraith was stunned
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/kurds/battle.html
So as you can see Jake bringing in Rummy and the Reagan Admin is quite apropo seeing as they gave tacit approval of the act by doing nothing about it...and blocking attempts to impose even economic sanctions for genocide.
Again the needs of businees were more important then standing up against genocide....hmmm sounds like Darfur doesn't it!