That is a rather tenuous and convoluted explanation. I would also hope that your assertion that American foreign policy is based, at least in part, upon retribution is wrong. American foreign policy should be based upon what is truly in the best interest of our country, but I would have to conclude that under the current Administration, it is indeed upon retribution.
Keith
Stuntman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stuntman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Stuntman, your knowledge of World history is truly remarkable. I
would be very grateful for you to educate me, as to how our support of
Iraq in its war of aggression was in any way whatsoever related to the
Cold War.<
If RUSSIA had not built Sadamned up, he never would have had the
ability to take on Iran. Once that war was started it also was seen as
an opportunity to pay back Iran for the Hostage crisis by the USA.
So if it hadn't been for the Cold war, Sadamned would never have been a
major player in the Mid East.
The USSR was great at playing one side against the other, trying to
weaken both sides untill they could achieve a solid relationship which
would lead to their control or dominate influence.
Sadamned was a player switching sides to get what he wanted, and was
never even considered real ally mate! rial. The political mindset during
the Cold war caused many mistakes to be made, however we couldn't do
nothing. It is a little Yin/Yang that luckily never ended in Communist
domination or nucleur winter.
> The geopolitical situation at the time was that the United States was
concerned more about the spread of a fundamentalist Shiite revolution
from Iran than the growing power of the brutal dictator, Saddam
Hussein. In point of fact, Saddam Hussein, was much more closely allied
to Russia than Iran had ever been.<
Who are they playing footsy with now? Like I said, they played both
sides. Just look at Irans military hardware history.
Stuntman
> Stuntman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> The US has been actively involved in addressing this issue. It is
> within our best interests to get China to put him in check. After all
> Sadamned WAS our problem, we helped him (for a brief period) when he
> was f! ighting a war with Iran (due to influnces of the cold war). N.
> Korea IS China's problem because they helped build them up during and
> after the Korean conflict (part of the cold war).
> A lot of "Hot Spots" all over the globe are remanents of the Cold War.
> Now that it looks like those planes in Russia were acts of Terrorism,
> they will become active partners in cleaning up all the messes
> created during almost half a century of cold war activities.
> Big question!
> If the treaty of Versilles had been enforced, would there have been a
> cold war?
> Lots of little pieces to this puzzle.
> Stuntman
