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Defending "your" values all over the world, by force, will probably not win you the hearts of the world ?
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Winning "the hearts of the world" is an impossible task and it's a waste of time trying. No matter what our country does we will still be hated, if for no other reason than jealousy for our success.
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So what do you say about the forced inthronization of the Shah, by "the west", or better US and UK ? So iranian people did not like this, especially when it turned out Shah Pahlewi was just a bad dictator.
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"Just a bad dictator" is a huge oversimplification. Was the Shah bad for extending suffrage to women? His economic and social reforms? How about his modernization efforts? Even if you discount that he still was a less oppressive leader than the mullahs which run the country now.
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I am sure argentinian people did not like it as well, when the CIA killed the democratically elected president Allende?
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You've been watching too much Michael Moore. A theory does not fact make. If you have some kind of proof that the CIA murdered Allende then post it or withdraw the accusation.
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You have helped and supported Bin Laden, as long as his terrorism was directed towards Russia
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We didn't help bin Laden. We assisted the Mujahadeen to combat the Soviet invasion of their country. There is no evidence that he ever recieved aid or training from the US government. That's two unsupported claims you've made.
You have helped and supported Saddam Hussein, before he did what he always did, only this time against Saudi-Arabia - which is also a befriended dictatorship itself.
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And you call the temporary occupation of an embassy (without killing a diplomate) an attack against America, after what you did ?
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An embassy is a nations sovereign territory and attacks upon it are acts of war. End of story.