Saddam also did terrible things, which didn't prevent the West from supporting him against Iran - until he became expendable.
I agree totally that he should never have been supported.
But it's not like it met applause from the West even at the time when it wasn't yet hijacked
Yeah they were sort of overthrowing a democratically elected government, one of the more stable ones in the region. You might not have noticed but western countries don't tend to like that. Especially democratically elected governments that are friendly.
Most of these issues are gray, but I don't believe in black nor white anyways.
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Date: 2013-01-22 12:44 pm (UTC)I agree totally that he should never have been supported.
But it's not like it met applause from the West even at the time when it wasn't yet hijacked
Yeah they were sort of overthrowing a democratically elected government, one of the more stable ones in the region. You might not have noticed but western countries don't tend to like that. Especially democratically elected governments that are friendly.
Most of these issues are gray, but I don't believe in black nor white anyways.