US foreign policy goes something like this

In any theatre, there are Good Guys and Bad Guys.

US funds and arms Good Guys and provides intelligence and other assistance as well, until Bad Guys go away. They view Good Guys as a varyingly-deniable extension of US policy execution.

US then becomes "surprised" as, when Good Guys take over, they actually want to take their own decisions and run their own country their own way, rather than doing what US tells them. Also, since in reality no Guys are uniformly Good (or Bad, for that matter), Good Guys quite often start doing Bad things.

They've done this in multiple places for multiple decades and you really think they'd've worked it out by now. "My enemy's enemy is my friend" only works up to a point - the real world is rather more complex than that.

Posted By: Partial Angler on July 26th 2006 at 08:51:10

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The world is fucked, the world is fucked................ (General Chat) - pants, Jul 26, 00:19:10
- And the yanks funded the IRA to bomb Britain. Nice of them-tossers. (n/m) (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 01:17:44
  - dont you mean the IRISH Americans - many other Americans didn't (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:07:09
    - But this was at a time when the US bombed Libya... (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jul 26, 08:41:51
      - They were still bankrolling the Mujahaddin as well. That worked out well. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 26, 08:46:26
        
        Israel funded Hamas in it's early days as a Muslim opposition to the PLO (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 26, 09:12:28
        
        US foreign policy goes something like this (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jul 26, 08:51:10
        
        What was Kissinger's phrase about Pinochet? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 26, 09:11:02
    - McDonalds did (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 26, 08:39:51
      - No... (General Chat) - Brom, Jul 26, 09:21:54
        
        Correct - it was an urban myth: IRA = Individual Retirement Account I think (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 26, 09:26:37
    - Yes. That's what he meant... (General Chat) - Tron, Jul 26, 02:13:01
  - Please Correct Me if Wrong (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 01:21:41
    - we bought the world democracy, football, cricket and law and order! (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:08:38
    - Im not saying we are angels at all,but the yanks are no better. (n/m) (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 01:36:02
      - Never Said We Were Better (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 01:46:39
        
        And that Oil is a bit handy (n/m) (General Chat) - Tron, Jul 26, 01:58:28
        
        Just like the Brits and the predecessor of BP re Iranian oil (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:12:19
        
        Of which was a US plan to overthrow democracy in Iran to do so (General Chat) - pants, Jul 26, 11:41:42
        
        For the first Time in about 35 Years (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:01:18
        
        stupid of Nixon to "open up" China resulting in its industrialisation (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:13:17
        
        Rolf...I think not... (General Chat) - Tron, Jul 26, 02:06:08
        
        I've never seen anybody try to do that with a wind farm LOL! (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:15:22
        
        Silly twot... (General Chat) - Tron, Jul 26, 02:19:00
        
        Comrade Tron - thats why the Soviet Union had many nuclear plants (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 06:19:07
        
        Wrong (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:10:33
        
        Wass goin onnn then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tron, Jul 26, 02:16:51
        
        Are the Democrats going to get in next time,because the Republicans,pardon my language... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:02:04
        
        You must be describing that wishy washy Democrap party (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:16:11
        
        PK (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:09:22
        
        LOL...... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:11:14
        
        Name 1 right Wing Issue (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:13:29
        
        NCFC lacking a right winger! LOL! (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 06:19:59
        
        LMAO..... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:24:39
        
        Comrade PK (Piquet - sounds look a Brazilian motor racer) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 06:28:42
        
        All Supported by the Majority of the Populace (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:32:08
        
        Hate to Break it To You PK (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 02:35:55
        
        No,it's just a very,backwards right wing place on the whole... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:39:58
        
        But the yanks were ahead of Europe re recycling - have the Greens in Norwich (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 06:22:04
      - Wanna Make the World a Decent Place to Live? (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 01:43:21
        
        and then there would be even more wars because people...... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 01:50:40
        
        The Democraps would just roll over and do nothing (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:18:37
        
        Love How "True Believers"(religious types) (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 01:54:39
        
        I agree with your statement,however "banning religion" as you suggest..... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:01:25
- And as Soon as Anything Goes Wrong (General Chat) - oregonandy, Jul 26, 01:12:37
  - The US only get involved for their own gain. You are completely foolish to believe they (General Chat) - pants, Jul 26, 10:14:14
  - The EU are a bunch of wimps, we need the Soviet Empire again! (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 02:20:13
  - Believe me...... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Jul 26, 02:04:36
    - So when you are ill you will be refusing any pharmaceuticals produced by an American (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 06:23:32
- Comrade I thought the AK was a Soviet made weapon (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Jul 26, 00:59:49
- they won't ally with em though - china and the us are onto a winner (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Jul 26, 00:23:34

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