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pampango

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11. I think it is safe to say that our dictator payroll has been cut substantially in the last

Reply to yurbud (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 03:46 PM

Jan 2014

30-40 years. Some of them were cut for us - South Vietnam, Iran, many countries in Central and South America got rid of American-supported dictators on their own. Others were cut loose - Marcos (Philippines), Park (South Korea), Mubarak (Egypt).

I get your point. The dictators that we still have on our payroll - in Kazakstan and a few other places should be cast off no matter what benefit we think we are getting for the "order" that the dictator provides. I don't really have an up-to-date list of our dictators. I am sure there are more than just Kazakstan.

Still I don't want Kerry to stop bad-mouthing dictators in general.

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Since Kerry demands Assad must go, we don't support any dictators as bad or worse do we? [View all] yurbud Jan 2014 OP

If Assad is removed, who will take his place? LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #1

You can't expect the Saudis to actually do their own work, can you? Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #2

They are not. Xyzse Jan 2014 #3

we ousted the Secular Saddam and Khadaffi. yurbud Jan 2014 #6

Don't forget solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #18

secular, elected, religious, dictator...all that matters is when oil companies, banks, or yurbud Jan 2014 #19

Syria has been on our shit list for some time, including the Bush list of countries to invade or yurbud Jan 2014 #8

I guess. Xyzse Jan 2014 #13

I say Kerry should state that all dictators should go. They all stay in power thanks to the army and pampango Jan 2014 #4

if they wanted to get rid of dictators, they'd start with the ones on our payroll... yurbud Jan 2014 #9

I think it is safe to say that our dictator payroll has been cut substantially in the last pampango Jan 2014 #11

the point is he aint doing it out of a concern for humanity yurbud Jan 2014 #16

Syria is an Iranian and Russian ally, and an enemy of Israel. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #5

Moralizing puffery just to look good for the cameras. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #7

I voted strategery Savannahmann Jan 2014 #10

wow, that is no small thing. That would make an attack on Syria as dangerous as one on Iran. yurbud Jan 2014 #14

saudi arabia reddread Jan 2014 #12

that little fact is left unsaid so often yurbud Jan 2014 #17

Like most things in life,it's rarely as simple as you would have it be. NT Adrahil Jan 2014 #15