For anyone unclear as to what BLOWBACK means, check this website. Hussein is a great example of BLOWBACK, if he in fact represented a threat to anyone other than US oil companies trying to take Iraqui oil. First Reagan then Bush Sr. pumped millions of dollars of support and intelligence assistance to Hussein and encouraged his war with Iran. Now we're worried about the weapons we gave him. If he actually represented a real tangible threat to the US, Hussein might actually be classic BLOWBACK.