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are long-established:
[There is] one consequence of Hussein’s ouster that has passed largely unnoticed outside the region. For decades, many Palestinians who held fast to their hopes for an independent state relied on Iraq’s staunch support.
Saddam, of course, has been providing financial support to suicide bombers for years in the form of ‘martyrdom bonuses’ for their families.
And yet the left wants us to forget this and think that Hussein had no ties to terrorism! The ability of the left to forget so much of what it knows is remarkable.
“Of course Hussein had no ties to terrorism,” says the left. “What makes you think he would have supported terrorists?” Meanwhile he’s been financing Palestinian terrorists all the time. “Well, those suicide bombers have nothing to do with the United States,” the left continues. “They’d never harm the United States. They love the United… oh, wait a minute… actually, they blame the U.S. Hmmm….”