What the hell was our government thinking in the 80s?

Question

Specifically:
1. Why was Rummy selling Saddam weapons in the 80s?
2. Why was Ollie North selling the Iranians weapons in the 80s?
3. Why were we arming both sides in a war between a fascist government with Nazi links and an Islamic theocracy that had just attacked us?
4. Why was the CIA training bin Laden?
5. Why did we choose to fight the Russians in Afstan? They invaded because of an incident where a bunch of their soldiers and Muslim women were beheaded by the muj. The reason was that the RUSSIANS WERE TRYING TO TEACH THE AFGHAN WOMEN HOW TO READ. THEY WERE ALL DECAPITATED! Yet we took the side of bin Laden and the mujahdeen!

WHY IS THE US GOVERNMENT SO RETARDED!?!

Answer 1

Well, we tried to change things with Bubba, but people still didn't see the light. It's getting brighter now, and in about 20 months, it'll all be as 9t should.

Answer 2

1. Why was Rummy selling Saddam weapons in the 80s?
because saddam was killing our bigger enemy, iran. we hated iran more than iraq, so why not help them kill each other?

2. Why was Ollie North selling the Iranians weapons in the 80s?
see above

3. Why were we arming both sides in a war between a fascist government with Nazi links and an Islamic theocracy that had just attacked us?
see above

4. Why was the CIA training bin Laden?
that never happened, and if it did, its because of the above, and we hated russian expansionism

5. Why did we choose to fight the Russians in Afstan? They invaded because of an incident where a bunch of their soldiers and Muslim women were beheaded by the muj. The reason was that the RUSSIANS WERE TRYING TO TEACH THE AFGHAN WOMEN HOW TO READ. THEY WERE ALL DECAPITATED! Yet we took the side of bin Laden and the mujahdeen!

you really think that the russians intentions were that pure? Youre also advocating war against anyone who attacks and kill innocents?

Answer 3

well here's just a few guesses

its callled Communism

not sure who the war against facists your refereing to is,

but your talking about a time when the Soviet Union and the U.S. were in a arms race and a race to basicly take over the world without firing a shot.


So, we had to intervene in anyway we could without starting WW3

as for the Bin Laden part,,,, i dont know.. maybe we thought at the time he could be useful int he peace process.

did you know that the Soviet Union was never as strong as they tried to make the world think?

in the 60's when the Cuban Missile crisis happened, they didnt go to war (but wanted to)

in the 80's they failed to fully take afghanistan (in fact we were the first army to defeat afghanistan int heir entire history).

in 1985 duing the biggest part of the military build ups, Russia was said to have been able to beat us because at that point they had the best weapons (non nuclear) on earth and the best army

Russia even drew plans to invade NATO

all of this was halted because of one thing and its not NATO and the US.

Money

they couldnt affod the costs of day to day fighting.

Answer 4

Just so you know. George Bush's Grandfather had links to the Nazis. He sold them part for weapons right up until around 1943. Thanks for the help USA.

And after the war, the US took lots of Nazi scientists back to the US and set them up in nice homes and gave them nice jobs developing WMDs for the USA.

So your government were doing exactly what their forefathers were doing!

And just so clomtancy knows regarding his comment that they were the first country to defeat Afghahnastan - the Tlaeban are still there and still fighting. You haven't defeated anybody!!!!

Answer 5

Those are all very good questions and I think the answer is that the Republic party just doesn't have a clue.

Answer 6

no ideer