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Friend or Foe
for the American Government it's simple, foe's are evil and must be attacked in official opinion and media, friends shouldn't, how do we pick our friends?
The firends.
* Russia after Soviet still has no real democracy has Nukes, allows no autonomity to Chechenia and terrorizes the population, well we don't care because we beat the evil Soviet Union already in the magic Cold War, and there is nothing in Russia we care about anyway.
* China, occupies Tibet has Nukes and is lead by Communists (shady democracy) and allows no autonomy in Taiwan, we don't care because we have to borrow money from the Chinese Government and can't beat them anyway.
* Pakistan doesn't have a democratic elected leader and Nukes, we don't care because we know the civilians would vote for a muslim leader that doesn't like us much and they supposedly helped to catch Bin Laden.. or not.
* Fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan during Soviet Union, well we don't care because they helped us fight the evil SU, an enemy of an enemy must be a friend, yes even gave them weapons, money and training.
* Dictator Saddam Hussein around 1985, we don't care because he kept Iraq from Religious leadership and possible fundamentalism and kicked some Religious Iran butt when we liked it so let's give him money and weapons in exchange of oil.
The enemies. (very IMPORTANT, we are good so there MUST be evil)
* Cuba since ever, Fidel is a Communist that doesn't want to die and was buddies with true evil Soviet Union, and we can't admit now that the Cold War was a farse even if it means harming the Cuban civilization.
* Taliban after 9/11, OH LOOK there they suddenly turned enemy after nobody cared for 20 years, why? well we think our great new enemy Osama is over there and they are fundies but they also were that when we supported them so doesn't count.
* Saddam after Iraq invaded Kuwait, HEY we never told him to attack our rich oil friends, and shit they might even win with the weapons WE gave, so start a gulfwar but keep Saddam in power because there is still the chance they turn Religious and his repression system kinda works.
* Saddam after 9/11, Hey remember that guy we give sactions and throw rockets at for the past decade after we gave him power? Well now is our chance, let's put the WMD and why not Nukes? rumours into turbo so we start a war beat his regime in an easy war (the weapons we gave them are rusted by now anyway and he can't pay the army), and abuse that victory for politics and the sweet taste of oil from our fresh stable Middle East.
* Palestina, HAH wrong that's not an enemy we don't even recgonize them as a country, just a bunch of poor fundamentalists after WE gave a chunk of their land to the state of Israel that formely didn't have land for 1750 years. That Israel kept on stealing land and wasn't friendly to their Muslim neighbours doesn't matter because their enemies are our enemies, (and let's admit it, the eternal victim deserved a license to kill).