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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM
The same reason the Right has occasionally supported dictators.

H#ll, the US supported Stalin against Hitler, and that was only months after Stalin was supporting Hitler against the rest of Europe, and Western Stalinists were calling anti-Nazism 'warmongering' at Stalin's direction.

This is really an old story, isn't it?

I mean, the US was opposed to Israel for decades... opposed to its formation, held them under an arms embargo for decades, sided with their enemies - even going so far as to side with Egypt in opposition to Israel, France, and the UK's plan to annex the Suez Canal and we (not just we, mind) eventually forced the three to back down. When did the US and Israel become allies? After the 1967 war where Israel showed it knew how to defeat Soviet-trained Arab armies.
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Why does the Left support dictators? Tom - 01/09/2011 02:37:25 AM 1357 Views
They don't. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 930 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? Roland00 - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 896 Views
Well, he also mentioned Michael Moore Isaac - 01/09/2011 04:34:03 AM 776 Views
I ususally do not respond to threads like this, for many threads like this are done by unreasonable Roland00 - 01/09/2011 12:21:10 PM 672 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left moondog - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 705 Views
I'm not trying to say they are mainstream left. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:39:18 PM 850 Views
I would agree currently that is true (if you are talking fringe left vs fringe right) Roland00 - 01/09/2011 03:59:45 PM 708 Views
As I mentioned in my reply to Legolas, 40 or 50 years ago it was mutual hypocrisy. Tom - 01/09/2011 08:01:23 PM 672 Views
don't confuse the far left with the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich moondog - 01/09/2011 04:53:14 AM 904 Views
"the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich" LOL thats funny *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 01:19:12 PM 332 Views
Yeah, I don't think most people support that deranged hobbit Tom - 01/09/2011 02:43:55 PM 740 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* Stephen - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 413 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 417 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 441 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 843 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 800 Views
Because there aren't any good right wing oppressive regimes for the Right to get behind these days? snoopcester - 01/09/2011 12:53:32 PM 706 Views
Iran Great Lord of Chaos - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 870 Views
Wrong religion *NM* snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 412 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel Roland00 - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 811 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 926 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 916 Views
Yes, anti-Americanism is a very significant part of the equation. *NM* Tom - 01/09/2011 08:02:05 PM 420 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 903 Views
True snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 830 Views
well anti-Americanism runs about as strong in the American left as it does in European left *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 08:51:34 PM 460 Views
I was using US examples but not trying to limit myself to the US. Tom - 01/09/2011 09:57:57 PM 823 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 692 Views
Hmm snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 740 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: Tom - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 864 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 414 Views
I think that does hold up to a point snoopcester - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 789 Views
when you combine that with America's pro-British stance it explains why the Brits seem conflicted *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 07:51:41 PM 452 Views
America has a pro-British stance? I'm thinking that'd be news to most Brits. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:27:33 PM 468 Views
Well like most things the Brits think they know about the US they would be wrong random thoughts - 01/09/2011 08:48:47 PM 916 Views
Of course, they are all the non-Jedi bad guys in Star Wars. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 09:10:46 PM 750 Views
Or they just see things differently. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:15:20 PM 780 Views
But the Brits do need us, and we don't need them. Tom - 02/09/2011 06:01:10 PM 759 Views
Of course it's obvious. That doesn't mean they have to like it, or can't resent it. *NM* Legolas - 02/09/2011 06:14:37 PM 434 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 904 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? random thoughts - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 851 Views
Yes, that's how it works aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 793 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed Tom - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 954 Views
Possibly aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 883 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. Tom - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 739 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. Vodalus - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 1030 Views
... I don't. Camilla - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 821 Views
Apologies, I was sure I responded to this when you first posted the thread. Joel - 07/10/2011 05:55:27 AM 879 Views
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