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In response to
"Yes, he was an awful leader and human being, but taking him out in 2003 caused a lot of the stink we have now -- nm"
by
amoxy
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it was more than just one guy. the US has overtly and covertly propped up dictators in the Middle East for decades
Posted by
gerald (aka chris)
Jul 5 '16, 19:26
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and elsewhere, but especially in the oil fields
you can only keep a lid on a boiling pot for so long regardless of the realpolitik of the situation
we could have learned a host of different lessons from the Shah's fall in '79 but . . . oil
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