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Originally posted by Phaenx
The context of Saddam not being such a problem at that time. This was taken while we were persuing diplomatic relations with Iraq, before Kuwait, illegal weapons and years and years of belligerence. It's about the same as equating someone with a Nazi if one were caught shaking hands with Schroeder. That was, obviously, a different situation 20 years ago.
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How is that different from the context of Al-Queda not being such a problem at the time? Do you remember where they learned the effective cell structure and military strategies from initially? "That was, obviously, a different situation 10 years ago."
Notice, historical hindsight begins and ends where one chooses--not according to objective socio-historical occurences.