[Belial]

When he went bad, or if he was always bad, or if the US made the wrong choice in the face of two evils has little to do with the present.

The past has little to do with the present? Maybe to cocker-spaniels.

[Dolphy]

The past has little to do with the present

Not what I said, and a horrible analogy unless you are unfamiliar with Pavlov's Theory.