First, because we need him against the Muslim fundamentalists who would win if there were free elections there. You know, when the result of democracy is not in America's interests, then this country tends to prefer friendly dictators.
Please correct me if I happen to misquote, but I think it was Kissinger who said of Pinochet : "He is a criminal, but he is our criminal".
There is a very old rule in politics that must date back from the days tribes of apes were battling each other : "The enemies of my enemies are my friends".
Second, because he actually has WMDs. We can attack a country on the basis of WMDs only if this country hasn't got WMDs, otherwise it would retaliate.
2007-01-24 13:40:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes US government and its people are against dictatorship but infact if a president of a republic such as Iraq supported by only the biggest party Baath this type of democracy was unclear.Us is the king of democracy and hates dictators.Pakistan is a democracy republic headed by president and a premier as the head of gobvernment.The president of Pakistan is not a dictator.Pakistan is a good friend in the eyes of US so Bush let Pakistan as his friend for having nuclear bombs.USA as super power has nuclear bombs too.But Bush treated Iran and North Korea as his enemies, so Bush did not want Iran and South Korea for having nuclear bombs.
So Bush practiced a like and dislike treatment to other countries.
Bush has a double standards for that.
2007-01-24 21:59:11
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answered by ? 7
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for the same reason your country killed 4000+ in panama under bush sr , or overthrew democratically elected leader of chile sept 11 1973, or helped overthrow the democratically elected government on iran that paved the way for theocracy, or the way the usa supported a coup in venezuela that lasted a few hours even though chavez was democratically elected, or the way usa does not recognize the democratically elected government of palestine, or the reason why usa armed saddam.... i could keep going on. america basically is a multifaced hypocrite, that does not care a wit about human rights only about keeping its plutocracy chugging along
2007-01-24 21:51:33
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answered by lat0ria 3
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because our government leaders only say they are against dictators when it suits their purposes...they lie they have always lied and only a total idiot would ever believe a word any of them say...
2007-01-24 21:34:30
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answered by captsnuf 7
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