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dixiegrrrrl

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4. Many of those "anti-American dictators" were American supported dictators

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:54 PM

Feb 2013

until it became more convenient to remove them, usually by violence.
The 4 that come immediatley to mind are the Shah of Iran, and Saddam, and Ghadaffi, and Egypt's Mubarak.

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wouldn't it be nice to have politicians who were honest about why they were doing things? yurbud Feb 2013 #1

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In Pilger's fantasy world people want to be liberated from Mubarak but not Gaddafi or Assad. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #2

Many of those "anti-American dictators" were American supported dictators dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #4

Only Saddam was overthrown by the US. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #5