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"Ally" specifies something very different than somebody said in diplomacy that we were good buddies.
We looked the other way at Hussein for a few years while it was useful... period. The world was a very different place at the time when the major threat was the nuclear missiles aimed at our cities. And STILL we did not ally, we did sell tons of arms to Hussein (he was mostly armed by France and Russia), we did not ask others to take responsibility for what we had done.
I just want Rich to get the narrative right and not just spit out completely inaccurate, un-American statements for what appears to be the fun of it. The US has fucked up early and often but let's get the story right. It's important.
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