“Saddam Hussein warred against his neighbors with our approval, and murdered his own people using weapons we gave him. But the chain of connections goes deeper into history. We supported Iraq against Iran because Iran had seized our embassy in 1980. But the CIA had used that same Embassy in 1953 to overthrow a democratic government in favor of the dictatorial Shah. Can you begin to see how every intervention leads to future enemies? It will be the same with ISIS. But let’s continue digging through the history… We overthrew Iran’s government, because we didn’t want the Soviet Union to take over. But the Soviet Union was yet another enemy we had created.”
https://secure.downsizedc.org/blog/oppose-the-war-send-congress-a-history-lesson
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