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We didn't ally, fund, or train bin Laden. http://en.wikipedia....n_Cyclone#Funding
Saddam wasn't an ally. http://en.wikipedia....n_to_the_conflict (Offering support to Iraq so that Iran didn't win, or as leverage for the Hostages, didn't make Saddam an ally.)
The UK had Hong Kong for nearly 100 years. The US has had Guantanamo for over 100 years. There is nothing in what happened in Kyiv that indicated that Sevastapol was in danger and every reasonable expectation that the lease with the Russians would continue to be honored through 2042 as the agreement states.
Putin (and Max Blumenthal) taking a handful of neo-Nazi kooks and puffing it up as being a threat to Russian residents or the Black Sea fleet sounds eerily reminiscent of the statements about the threat from the Polish cavalry in 1939...
Sure, be skeptical. But don't be ridiculous. You think Angela Merkel supports neo-Nazis?
Cheers,
Scott.
