HarryKrause wrote:
We almost always back the right-wing
dictators, or the dictator wannabes. We did it in Vietnam, we've done it
in Central and South America.

hmmm, I suppose we should have backed Ho Chi Minh (like jane fonda did)
Pol Pot, Mau Tsi Tong and the likes....

Harry, you should know there is no "right" or "left" wing dictators.
just "Least Butcherous" and "More Butcherous"

Like Italian politics was described to me in the 70's "The guy that
rules the country is the guy with the biggest gun"

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:45:43 -0700, Tim wrote:


hmmm, I suppose we should have backed Ho Chi Minh (like jane fonda did)
Pol Pot, Mau Tsi Tong and the likes....

Uh, we did back Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, and Mao Tse Tung. Ho and Mao during
WWII. Pol Pot against the Vietnamese, after the "Killing Fields". Oh,
and we also supported Saddam in his war with Iran, but then, we also
supported Iran against Iraq. Rather duplicitous, don't you think?