Does that mean we are being punished for the sins of our fathers regarding Saddam Hussein? Regarding who used him first, whether a dictator supports the West, works with the Nazis or supports communism, when you work with them, some of sticks on you and that is the part of political compromise that I do not like.
Its that old saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The Chinese say it this way:”It is good to strike the serpent’s head with your enemy’s hand.” I think this one bit us.[/quote]
Yes it means that we are forced to choose sometimes between the lesser of two evils.
Consider what type of world it would be if we didn’t get invovled. I say this even after considering the actions some judge in hindsight as mistakes.
Without America the world would be ran by Hitlers, Stalins, Mao’s.
Our siding with Stalin in WW2 was a prime example.
Stalin killed 20 million of his own people in purges in the late 30’s. In fact Stalin made Hitler look like a boy scout.
One point about Saddaam in the Iran war. Iran had just overthrown the Shah and had taken our Embassy hostage. Pretty sure there was some revenge going on with that.
One more point. The war is going well and is being won. Generations to come will be able to live in a better world because of it.
