"Despite claims to the contrary, oppression, death, violence, etc. are NOT the reasons that the USofA decides to involve itself in the affairs of other countries." explain what the reasons are, and how valid do you find them. thanx, bill
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The United States has a policy of looking out for its interests (whatever those might be) and tacking on the human interest information to drum up basic support.
Saddam Hussein *is* a royal bastard, megalomaniac, and grade-a despot, but I seriously doubt we'd be paying much attention to him if there wasn't a lot of oil in the area.
And while he *is* a royal bastard, megalomaniac, and grade-a despot, he was considered a stabilizing influence in the region when we were trying to contain Communism.
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