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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.
Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
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Why does the Left support dictators? Tom - 01/09/2011 02:37:25 AM 1323 Views
They don't. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 885 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? Roland00 - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 860 Views
Well, he also mentioned Michael Moore Isaac - 01/09/2011 04:34:03 AM 734 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 639 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left moondog - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 667 Views
I'm not trying to say they are mainstream left. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:39:18 PM 816 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 665 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 635 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 871 Views
"the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich" LOL thats funny *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 01:19:12 PM 311 Views
Yeah, I don't think most people support that deranged hobbit Tom - 01/09/2011 02:43:55 PM 702 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* Stephen - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 394 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 398 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 421 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 805 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 765 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 671 Views
Iran Great Lord of Chaos - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 837 Views
Wrong religion *NM* snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 394 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel Roland00 - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 770 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 890 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 875 Views
Yes, anti-Americanism is a very significant part of the equation. *NM* Tom - 01/09/2011 08:02:05 PM 397 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 864 Views
True snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 790 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 439 Views
I was using US examples but not trying to limit myself to the US. Tom - 01/09/2011 09:57:57 PM 787 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 661 Views
Hmm snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 702 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: Tom - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 824 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 391 Views
I think that does hold up to a point snoopcester - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 752 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 435 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 450 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 880 Views
Of course, they are all the non-Jedi bad guys in Star Wars. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 09:10:46 PM 712 Views
Or they just see things differently. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:15:20 PM 748 Views
But the Brits do need us, and we don't need them. Tom - 02/09/2011 06:01:10 PM 716 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 413 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 865 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? random thoughts - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 808 Views
Yes, that's how it works aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 760 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed Tom - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 913 Views
Possibly aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 843 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. Tom - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 702 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. Vodalus - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 981 Views
... I don't. Camilla - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 789 Views
Apologies, I was sure I responded to this when you first posted the thread. Joel - 07/10/2011 05:55:27 AM 846 Views
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