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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
Can you say American funding of Hussein in the first place?
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At the time, it was him or Iran, so we decided to support the one that hadn't taken our citizens hostage and overthrown a government we supported (not going into whether the SHah was good or bad)
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Can you say America's funding of Ossama Bin-Laden?
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That's like saying all the stuff Japan did in China and in WWII was our fault due to our active trading with them, which allowed them to build up their military.
We were supporting the Mujahadeen against the Soviets.