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Post #133,128 by qstephens 1/1/04 10:11:57 AM Reply	So what? At the time, they were fighting Iran, at that time an enemy of the US. This is international politics. qts
Post #133,136 by deSitter 1/1/04 11:45:10 AM Reply	OK, I'll buy that So stop posturing and waving the damn flag if it doesn't mean anything. Deal? Some of us prefer that the flag actually stand for something other than lawyers, guns, and money. -drl
Post #133,143 by ben_tilly 1/1/04 1:51:00 PM Reply	The enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend Besides which, this was the same Iran which the US officially hated, but behind the scenes was also supporting. Google for [link\|http://www.google.com/search?q=October+Surprise\|October Surprise] or [link\|http://www.google.com/search?q=Iran-Contra\|Iran-Contra]. Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]

Declassified documents show Rumsfeld supporting Saddam - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Dec. 29, 2003, 01:46:08 PM EST

Might be setting Rumsfeld up - (JayMehaffey) - Dec. 29, 2003, 03:11:44 PM EST

So what? - (qstephens) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2004, 10:11:57 AM EST

OK, I'll buy that - (deSitter) - Jan. 1, 2004, 11:45:10 AM EST

The enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 1, 2004, 01:51:00 PM EST

Thank goodness we don't think that way anymore. - (marlowe) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2004, 10:35:00 AM EST

But...how do you know... - (Simon_Jester) - Jan. 2, 2004, 12:19:11 PM EST