From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 06:47:48 MDT
Sean Kenny wrote:
>
> > There are known exceptions to this rule. I talked about one of them when
> > I said that I would, in theory, back a ground war in Afghanistan and Iraq
> > to remove their governments from power.
>
> Not really part of the thread but it is ironic that both these governments
> were put in place by the US to attack their then enemies of the day Iran and
> the USSR.
We never put either government in place. Saddam came to power all on his
own brutal means, and the Taliban were merely one faction in the
Mujahedin alliance. I suppose we were depending on the traditions of
honor in muslim culture for people to not stab their friends in the
back, but ignoring the tradition of Hassan the Asassin.
Using your logic, we put Ortega, Castro, and Ho Chi Minh all into power.
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