<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati wakikiri makosa ya Hussein - kushambulia Israeli mwaka 1967, kuwakaribisha magaidi wa Palestina kwa miaka mingi, na kuunga mkono Iraq katika Vita vya Ghuba ya Uajemi - waandishi wa habari walitoa udhuru juu ya Aliogopa uasi wa Palestina ikiwa hangeishambulia Israeli mwaka 1967, Alipatanisha vita vya 1967 kwa kukaa nje ya vita dhidi ya Israeli, na Alipatanisha na Iraq mwaka 1991 kwa sababu aliogopa uvamizi wa Iraq au uharibifu wa kiuchumi kutoka kwa vita dhidi ya Iraq.  <response>: While acknowledging Husseins misdeeds--attacking Israel in 1967, hosting Palestinian terrorists over the years, and siding with Iraq in the Persian Gulf War--editorialists lavished excuses on He feared a Palestinian revolt if he didnt attack Israel in 1967, atoned for the 1967 war by sitting out the 1973 war against Israel, and allied himself with Iraq in 1991 because he feared an Iraqi invasion or collateral economic damage from the war against Iraq. 