Those being Al Qaeda
Saddam
The Taliban....
My enemies enemies friend's enemie's enemies blah blah blah....
When it was in our benefit we supported them!
What threat did Saddam present the US?
What a web we have woven!
2007-05-26 14:38:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, it's a mess they created and I'm sure we're still doing the same thing today.
2007-05-26 14:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by Gemini 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You are misusing the term "friends". There is no such thing as friendship between countries. There are allies. An allay is a country that has a reason to be on the same side as you in facing a common enemy.
After the radical Muslims took over Iran and Iran went to war with Iraq it was in America's best interest to help Iraq fight Iran. That is why Saddam Husein received support from the U.S.
We have been at war with radical Islam since Iran took our embassy people hostage during the Carter administration. We chose to ignore this disease known as international terrorism for decades. We finally realized that we are at war after the attack on 9/11. The only reason it ended up in Iraq right now is Saddam overplayed his hand. He would still be in power if he had cooperated with the UN inspectors. He liked making everyone believe he had horrible weapons. After 9/11 we could not take the chance that he did and might provide the technology to terrorists. Since we were still at war with Iraq since Dessert Storm, we took the opportunity to take out his perceived threat.
The terror supporting countries in the region realize the threat to them that a Free Iraq would pose, have been supporting the insurgency with money and sophisticated weapons. The disease of fundamentalist Islam tyranny cannot abide the cure that liberty brings to the long suffering people of the Middle East.
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2007-05-26 21:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you really thought about it you could figure out the answer, no maybe not.
Taliban, propped up to defend Afghanistan from the USSR.
Saddam, propped up to work against Iran.
some by republicans, some by democrats, but all by past administrations that were faced with different problems. your friends rarely stay your friends, and enemies are never hard to find.
2007-05-26 21:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pragmatism; what is right today may not be right tomorrow.
A pragmatist will support the enemy of his enemy, regardless of the new allies beliefs...
If you choose the lesser of two evils, evil wins by default.
2007-05-27 00:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well......You build them(Which takes longer by the way and involves more work) so later you might be able to destroy them and use them as a scapegoat ,per se, for yet another agenda. Hopefully that makes sense(i think). Anyway ....there you go.
2007-05-26 22:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember when Saddam was an ally and we sold him arms. We also hired OBL to aid in Afghanistan, the CIA trained OBL and he was an operative.
Saddam was fixing to flood the market with oil sold in Euros.
2007-05-26 21:42:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Why? Because it's just a game to those in power. In this case, war games.
2007-05-26 21:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order to have morality in governement, you need the individual leaders to act morality!
2007-05-26 21:42:33 · answer #8 · answered by steve h 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Why would we support people who want to kill us? When we were supporting them they were a lot more friendly.
And you forgot one: We supported Castro in his rebellion too.
2007-05-26 21:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jordan 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋