On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:16:46 +0800 Sandy Harris <sandyinch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/27/10, Subash <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > elsewhere all along, and i would just like to say that both al > > qaeda and saddam were creations of the US in their proxy wars > > against the former USSR and Iran respectively. one has to be really > > naive to play a politics of convenience and not expect it to > > boomerang badly sometime or the other... > > I agree with the basic notion that many of America's difficulties are > brought on by their own policies. If you'd called Taliban a creation > of the CIA and Pakistani intelligence, I'd have agreed with that, too. > > However, I think you are overstating the case; the examples you > give seem wrong to me. and i think you are understating the case: both al qaeda and saddam wouldn't have become what they were/are but for US backing and material support...that's what i meant by 'US creations'... regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.