“But if arming Iran to support Israel was insane, the flip side of the policy, in the long run at least, was truly demented: Weinberger and Shultz favored defending Saudi Arabia and the enormous U.S. oil interests there by secretly bolstering the brutal Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. As a result of their efforts, billions of dollars in aid and weapons were funneled to Saddam's regime.” IraqIranPolitics Of The United StatesU S HistorySaddam HusseinEspionage CultureOil WarsPresident Regan Book:House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties Source: House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties