Saddam was also our guy, on and off, and primarily backed by the Saudi regime for a long time.https://twitter.com/dougsaunders/status/750509850652581888 …
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@DougSaunders I know you don't mean to do this, but the level of ahistoricity to analyses of Saddam, ISIS or the Taliban is mind-boggling.2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes -
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That people obsess about a 5-year period of cynical US backing and ignore 32 years of consistent Soviet backing is also ahistorical
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I'm not absolving the Soviets. But region's wrecking includes the Iran war, too. See CIA's numbers.pic.twitter.com/6pZdToupeQ
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We backed the brutal Shah, then we backed a war against the regime that overthrew him, then we had two big wars in the region.
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Also the Saudi/Gulf money for these secularish totalitarians. (Egypt today). The forces wrecking the region are multilateral..
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