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In reply to the discussion: NEVER FORGET [View all]mountain grammy
(29,009 posts)other countries' business. Only United Nations troops and aid should be sent into nations in crisis. America has become the rogue nation with weapons of mass destruction, and there's no doubt WE have them.
Thanks for your post. We need to be reminded of the complicity here. I remember the talk about Saddam during the Clinton administration, and I remember thinking, wasn't he our guy? Like the Shah was our guy? and, later, even like bin Laden was our guy? Don't even get started on South America and the despots we put in power there. No Commies in our back yard, by God. What's a few hundred thousand tortured or murdered civilians have to do with our interests?
Were those Republicans or Democrats supporting and helping dictators and "freedom fighters" all over the world? When we say "both sides do it," in cases of destructive foreign policies, both sides have and still do.