Sometimes a handshake is only that, a handshake.

[Mark E. Smith]

But a kiss? Ahh, now there is something divine in that!

[ixion]

1. in this case, though, it was more than a handshake

it was making a deal that would lead to the deaths of innocents.

[mtnsnake]

2. Yup, that was when Bush the First, under Reagan, sold illegal arms to Saddam

Reagan and Bush created and enabled the monster in their efforts to have Iraq beat Iran, and it all backfired.