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In summary, the U.S. basically strengthened Iraq, although they knew what was going on inside Iraq.>
>Yes, but Iraq was their ally at that time...
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This fits nicely into the "big picture", of the U.S. always watching out for their interests (or what they think is their interest), above all other considerations. I must think about the "Plan Cóndor" or "Operación Cóndor", of which you, as a Brazilian, have surely heard.>
>North America had (has) the "Eagle of Freedom" and the South American had the "Condor of Dictatorships".
That is an interesting comparison. I hadn't heard it previously. I did see the following graffiti though:
"El cóndor pasa - la dictadura se queda". (The condor passes - the dictatorship continues.)
"El cóndor pasa" is the title of a well-known music from Bolivia (according to Bolivians) or from Peru (according to Peruvians).
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
