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Well, that was after we were friends and allies with Saddam and Iraq. And that was after we were friends and allies of Iran. Somewhere in there, we were friends and allies with Osama before we became kind of enemies. And also there's that thing where we had to invade Panama to arrest another former friend and ally, Noriega...

You know, it's hard to find good friends. These horrible backward people are always so suspicious of our noble intent.

In other words, what was this clearly superior alternative in each and every one of these cases you cite that the whole world missed? Who were these angels?

Extremely naive. Assumes there were all these democratic America-loving angels waiting in the wings as alternatives to these alliances of convenience and we deliberately chose the devils just so you could "sigh" at us with contempt.

The angels don't exist. These are countries under heavy Islamic influence or even sharia law, an expansionist totalitarian ideology masquerading as a religion.

Stop trying to put lipstick on that pig. Your little romantic drama always turns out the same.