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To: tejek who wrote (237022)	6/13/2005 2:22:20 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577020

Any student of history should acknowledge that the U.S. has been a huge proliferator of arms and a supporter of dictatorial regimes. It's pretty sickening. So from that perspective, we are reaping what we sowed...and Bush is continuing this long tradition despite his rhetoric. I understand the need to be pragmatic, though. For instance, in a war against terrorism, we would get very far if we didn't have Musharraf helping us. He happens to be a benign dictator, but he's a dictator nonetheless. So do we withdraw our support from him and then lose a wealth of intelligence data he provides us and the blind eye he turns when we do covert ops near his border and within his country? What about the more important ally, Saudi Arabia? If we declared war on Saudi Arabia, or at the least, stopped our support for them, I wonder what would happen. Maybe $100 oil, as they get back at us. I don't know. Those are tough choices our Presidents have made. I would like to say that I would not support any dictator at all. But when faced with a desire to bring someone like Osama to justice, I think I might enlist as many allies as possible in the region to get him first. Then pressure those allies to reform afterwards.