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LucysBeau
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« on: September 22, 2004, 08:27:34 AM » |
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I'll always maintain that Saddam needed to be ousted and feel that his threat was more regional than global - but look what is arising following his demise, a surgence of Islamic terrorism, which he as a secular Ba'athist suppressed.
Remember the West supported Saddam against Iran during the 1980s and supported the Mujahedin during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. By doing so, didn't we, proverbiallly, sh**t in our own nest?
I can't even say for certain if the Arab world is suitable for functioning and effective liberal democracies.
Dave
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