Posted on 09/29/2012 3:50:42 PM PDT by marshmallow
It is.
What time frame and geography are we talking about? In the 50-s and 60-s the USSR was happy to promote every nationalism except on its own territory, due to its support of colonial uprisings. Was Chombe nationalist and Lumumba internationalist? They'd go with whoever asked them, and put ideological veneer on it.
In International period (20s-30s), yeah, that was the ideological imperative.
“Yet remember the we (stupidly) supported the Islamic leaders in Afghanistan fighting the Soviets and we still support the Saudis who are the font of jihadiism”
I fail to see how that was stupid,unless you wanted the Commies to have total control over the Middle East, though admittedly they pretty much have that today through proxies and they didn’t have to dominate these countries one at a time either. And it is a myth that Osama Bin Laden was trained or armed by us.
No, where Islam i made to leave, peace can follow..
No, where Islam is made to leave, peace can follow..
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