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So you are saying that one thing has nothing to do with the other?
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I'm saying you don't use one incident to justify your position on the other.
At the time, it seemed reasonable for the US to support Saddam.
Sure in hindsight, the move was brutal, but thats our priviledge to point out, as civilians.
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you use the gassing as justification for taking Saddam out and that happened during the same time period.
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Personally, I feel Saddam should have been taken out during the first Gulf War.
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As for the saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", hasn't that been the problem with American foreign policy for the last 50 years?
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To us, as mostly un-informed civilians, yes, certainly it is a problem.
To the US government, who has the stance to promote "its" interests, the situation is not so simple.
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Obviously, you have your opinion - which has legitimacy and understandable points. However, I would hope that you can understand how a lot of the anti-american feelings in the middle east are directly caused by flawed US foreign policy in the region.
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Heck yes, and I agree 100%.
But we can only do one thing; fix it.