schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoIsrael's attacks are not illegal, while Russia has violated international order by its war against Ukraine, says Merkeleuromaidanpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squareansiz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 hours agoThe USA and the UK were massive supporters of Saddam and his reign until we decided he was no longer useful. Literally giving him billions and billions of weapons. We allowed him to consolidate power and act as a destabilizing force in the region until we decided he was bad, but until then he was a very close ally. https://archive.globalpolicy.org/iraq-conflict-the-historical-background-/us-and-british-support-for-huss-regime.html
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoThat doesn’t surprise me, the US in particular is very good at supporting their future enemies.
The USA and the UK were massive supporters of Saddam and his reign until we decided he was no longer useful. Literally giving him billions and billions of weapons. We allowed him to consolidate power and act as a destabilizing force in the region until we decided he was bad, but until then he was a very close ally. https://archive.globalpolicy.org/iraq-conflict-the-historical-background-/us-and-british-support-for-huss-regime.html
That doesn’t surprise me, the US in particular is very good at supporting their future enemies.