This weekends events in Egypt, and in Tunisia is just a preview of the the international dilemma that the Obama administration has inherited. During the cold war with communist Soviet Union and China, the U.S policy was simply this " the enemy of my enemy is my friend "! We used the power of the all mighty "dollar" to support unstable democracies with dictators.
First example Suddam Hussien, in the eighties we armed him with missiles, with the help of Don Rumsfield. Strategically this unusual relationship between Baghdad and Washington went under the radar because our goal was to support government that wasn't friends with Iran. In a ten year war with Iran , millions of people were gased and the Iraqi military and oil reserves increased. Over time Saddam Hussien became one of many dictators on the payroll or i.e, "foreign aide"!
First example Suddam Hussien, in the eighties we armed him with missiles, with the help of Don Rumsfield. Strategically this unusual relationship between Baghdad and Washington went under the radar because our goal was to support government that wasn't friends with Iran. In a ten year war with Iran , millions of people were gased and the Iraqi military and oil reserves increased. Over time Saddam Hussien became one of many dictators on the payroll or i.e, "foreign aide"!
Militarily speaking Saddam became a major player in the middle-east, much to the displeasure of major U.S Allie Israel.
Obama's middle-east he has to deal with unstable governments, high food prices and high unemployment. Also a highly intelligent youth movement that is technically adept on the internet to cause a movement with a click of a button .
Obama's middle-east he has to deal with unstable governments, high food prices and high unemployment. Also a highly intelligent youth movement that is technically adept on the internet to cause a movement with a click of a button .
