We are going from one side extrem to other side of fanatism. Although I believe we have to fight back against terrorism, we shouldn't support dictators government who are terrorizing their own people in the name of fighting the "real terrorist". The good example will be, Ethiopian's self elected dictator governmnet who stole people's vote after massacring innocent people in Addis Abeba, Bhair dar, Jimma, Gondar, Diredawa, Gambilla and Wollayita. What do you think?
2007-07-13 04:53:07 · 9 answers · asked by LMiserab 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
You make sense
2007-07-13 05:15:51 · answer #1 · answered by belle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its "Democrat" Charlie Wilson.. you half-wit...
I see where you are coming from on this one question asker... it isn't good to ally with dictators in an ideal sense because, well, to over simplify here, they are bad people, and are terrorists themselves.
There are two sides to the American history... there is the American Dream which is great and noble.. everyone gets a shot a vote a voice and an opportunity to live without persecution... and then there is Manifest Destiny... which is the greedy, heartless, side to America....
every country has a little manifest destiny in them. They cannot whitewash it out.
so to answer your question here. We support the lesser of two evils as they appear immanently.
Plus Bush has signed on to this "War on Terror".. and when ever a President signs on to a war it becomes him, his legacy... and he defines it.... its cynical, I know, but that was his choice, and I never voted for him so at least I got it right.
2007-07-13 05:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at history--i.e., the Cold War, when we made all kinds of strange alliances in the fight against Communism. For example, South Vietnam, led by a ruthless dictator, whom we went to war for because he was against the North Vietnamese government; or Manuel Noriega in Panama (up till about 1988). Another example is the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan, which we supported against the Soviet Union in the 80s (an effort led by Democratic Congressman Charlie Wilson of Texas); this same group of rebels became Al-Quaeda in the 90s.
2007-07-13 05:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Answer's in the question. We don't have enough allies in the ill-concieved 'War on Terror' - so we have to take what we can get, no matter how unsavory they may be. Thus, Pakistan - even though it supports terrorism, itself, and is ruled by a de-facto military dictator - must be supported as an 'ally' because it occassionally bags some Al Qaeda goon for us.
2007-07-13 12:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our government needs to get the back bone they had in the 30's and 40's. i don't know why they support these horrible leaders.
2007-07-13 05:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by yellabanana77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't we get into this all this trouble by supporting dictators?
2007-07-13 04:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enemy of my enemy=my friend. Not always wise, but we have been doing that for decades.
2007-07-13 06:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by chacham_warrior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right
2007-07-13 05:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know the old saying, he may be a SOB, but he is our SOB, well, it still stands today.
2007-07-13 15:24:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋