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Originally posted by skywalker:
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Originally posted by John D Harris:
Miss Garnet Ma'am,
The USA did not set Sodamn Insane up in power he inherited power, in a coup, lead by the Baath party 1963,& 1968. In 1979 Sodamn succeded the previous Baath leader to take control of Iraq. A year later, Sodamn and Iraq went to war with Iran after the Iranian hostages (USA)were taken. The USA then gave Iraq some military support, because at the time "the emeny of our enemy is our friend". Besides as long as Iranians were shooting Iraqis they weren't shooting us. That may not be a pretty fact of life in the world but it is how things work.
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I really hate the policy of "The enemy of our enemy is our friend". It always ends up coming back at us in the worst ways. We've supported some of the worst groups in the past and I hope we stop doing it.
Mark[/QUOTE]I'd agree with you that it almost always comes back to bite us in the rear end.
But unfortunitly sometimes choices have to be made, and "if you choose not to made a choice you still have made a choice" (NOW look what you did, you made me brust out in song )
