Historical Revisionism

Gary Leupp over at Counterpunch has something to say on Bush's notion of historical revisionism. You should read it, but I found the conclusion interesting:

Richard L. Armitage, a senior defense official in 1988 (and now a deputy secretary of state), argued that the U.S. should not let Iraq lose the war, and told Congress there was no international law preventing a leader from using WMDs on his own people. The senior intelligence officer at the time, Col. Walter P. Lang, has said both D.I.A. and C.I.A. officials "were desperate to make sure that Iraq did not lose" to Iran, and "The use of gas on the battlefield by the Iraqis was not a matter of deep strategic concern."

In September 1988, a Maryland company sent 11 strains of germs---four types of anthrax---developed at Fort Detrick for germ warfare, to Iraq. The Commerce Department approved the sale of WMDs. This was six months after the infamous massacre at Halabja ---the gassing of the Kurds. Perhaps the president would like someone to revise that history.