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Originally Posted by alias  How do you figure it's a bad example. Saddam was elected, but I admit he was helped by the US as long as he was fighting Iran. Saddam is the one who chose to go against our interests. A problem child is a problem before he is adopted. Saddam was a problem child before we ever got a hold of him. | Remember Irangate??
THink about it dude. The US decided to supply tons of arms to BOTH countries so they could proceed to annihilate each other..
Can you blame EITHER countries to go against US interests since it became PAINFULLY obvious that the US was against both countries interests?
Yet saddam needed the US to hold on to power, so he shut up and even made best pals with Bush Sr.. Iran ont he other hand was like "FUCK THAT, the US is a nation of lyin scum that will not hesitate to sell weapons to the enemy".. and can you really blame them for that?
Saddam BECAME a problem child for the US. Kind alike Osama yes? Perhaps if the US quits sponsoring nutcases to do their dirty work, they will stop creating enemies. You are all completely convinced of how crazy they are NOW. Was there no indication of that before?
YOu know the terrorist Osama? How many terrorist tactics did he employ against the Soviets FOR THE US?? But i forget.. that was against the evil communists ( who aren't really people) so that was all good.
Saddam may have been a problem child. But what morality can the US claim to have since they obviously did not give a damn whether Saddam was a violent tyrant.. At the time he was on their side so it was all good.
What superior morality can the US claim to have when it still supports a fundamentalist, tyrannical, hereditary dictatorship in Saudi Arabia. A dictatorship which terms women and non-muslims as second class citizens. A dictatorship that still publicly beheads criminals. A disgusting dictatorship that tramples human rights.
Oh i know.. they got oil and they kiss american ass. SO it doesn't matter what atrocities they commit. Just as long as they keep helping the US.
When Bush changed his stated purpose of the war ( the evasive WMDs) to an issue of MORALITY ( saving the Iraqi people from a dictator) he revealed himself as a hypocrite. Just like everybody else who can support the killing of one dictator while still supporting another.
Saddam was a problem child.. But the US made sure the problem child got enough power to rule a nation of 60 million with a deadly iron fist.
Well done ! Love for all, Hatred for none |