Quote Originally Posted by Universal Mind View Post
I am going to say what I have probably said more than anything else I have said in this forum. Alliance is not synonymous with complete support. We allied with the Hussein regime against Iran. We allied with the Afghan fighers because the Soviets had to be dealt with. The future of the world was depending on it. We allied with rotten people because we had a common enemy. Their country had been invaded by a force that was out to take over the world and oppress it. It did not mean we agreed with everything the Afghans stood for. We also allied with the Soviets in WWII. Go figure.
So where does it end? Did you read what I said? We paid the Taliban millions of dollars and gave them weapons. One of their own was responsible for 9/11. They shot at and killed our soldiers with our own guns. It's complete insanity.

Just how do we pick our sides? We picked Saddam, but you have said over and over that he was evil incarnate? What the hell is the point of siding with someone who is going to retaliate like the Taliban or like you say Saddam was going to with his WMD? Are the Soviets and the Iranians worse than the Taliban and Saddam? Evidently not; neither of them has attacked us lately. Maybe places like Iran wouldn't have reason to attack us in the future if we pick sides. There are no winners here.