09-03-2004, 04:08 AM
Quote:At that time, the "West" was supplying weapons to Iraq to counter Irans ambitions. The west knew Saddamm was a despot, but he was "our" despot. The enemy of my enemy is my friend type thing. Your imperialism and conspiracy theory rhetoric is just that.
Salaam Alaikum!
That sounds similar--indeed exact--to Daniel Pipes "moderate" evil. Since evil itself is an absolute term--one hopes--it would seem frivolous to induce that there can be a "moderate" or "lesser" evil, if you will. Indeed, the support of Saddam to topple Iran resulted in defusing one "evil" while at the same time impregnating another. Its as geometric as a circle.
--Ibn