Contumacious
Radical Freedom
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And the United States armed Saddam Hussein because he opposed Iran, so yes, the US has a long history of arming people and having those weapons turned on them.
Americans are in the business of spreading weapons throughout the world. That's what a military industrial complex does. A lot of American foreign aid is tied to contracts with American munitions and armaments companies. It's ridiculous to gasp and cry "Hillary armed terrorists" because any weapons shipped to the ME can end up in the hands of people who oppose the US.
EXACTLY
The US armed the Ben Laden and the Afghan Mujahideen
In Syria they armed and financed the "Syrian Resistance" - Obama failed to consider the fact that the Syrian Resistance was populated by Sunnis and former Baathists who hated the US for invading Iraq and removing them from power
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