“Secretary of Defense, Nixon adviser, 1970-1973 (oops)
As Defense Secretary, he ushered in the B-1 bomber, Trident Sub, and MX missile. As Middle East Peace Envoy, he was at Saddam's side (chemical weapons notwithstanding) when there was pipeline potential. Then he found an easier way to get the oil.”
When Rumsfeld was initially Secretary of Defense for Gerard Ford, he managed to get into production, a great assortment of weaponry. Rumsfeld was responsible for enable the Iraqi victory war in the Middle East, and he helped provide the necessary means to achieve their victory, ranging from weapons to money. Saddam Hussein had purchased 60 Hughes helicopters and a second order of 10 twin-engine Bell “Huey” helicopters for carrying troops, which was approved, though congress had opposed the plan in August 1983. In 1988, U.S. intelligence sources witness the chemical attacks made by Saddam again the Kurdish civilians, with the support and reliance on the U.S. made helicopters. During Clinton’s presidency, Rumsfeld began to target Saddam, claiming that he is a threat that refuses to surrender the weapons of mass destruction that he supposedly has in his arsenal. When he later become Secretary of Defense, yet again, he immediately begins to organize a campaign against Saddam as he believes he is a threat. The weapons and technology that Saddam is supposed to be feared for was made possible by Rumsfeld himself, as he had sought to bring victory to Iraq. After 9/11 Rumsfeld devised a “stratagem” where it was decided to secretly invade into Afghanistan before the official start of the war, in order to “soften-up” the target and make the war appear shorter than it would be.
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