On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 12:18, Franki wrote: > maybe they are learning.. albiet slowly.. > > They did not put a dictator in charge of afganistan... they tried to start a > democracy if memory serves...
Poor wording on my part - I was referring to the Millions of dollars in aid, weapons and training provided to Al Queda in the 80s, and the millions of dollars that Dubya's administration gave to the Taliban in 2001. And what is democratic about having your leader appointed by a foreign authority, anyhow? > I can only assume they would do the same in Iraq.. if not because they > learned from history. then because there is no military power in iraq now > that the US could aid in taking power.. Saddam saw to that... Dictators are a better bet than democracy, at least from an economic standpoint. The people of the country suffer, but you can't make an omelet (i.e. get access to cheap Oil in this case) without breaking a few eggs (i.e. murdering millions of civilians.) While we're learning from history, see U.S. involvement in Guatemala, Chile, Nicaragua, El Salvador for some examples. Wow - I've not yet seen a single message related to Mandrake on here since I joined. I take that as an encouraging sign, the more dialog on these issues, the better off we all will be. My $.03, now. Mick
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