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The naivete Chuck Woolery displays in his Monday letter "Taking 'exceptionalism' " parallels that of what President Bush's critics cite as his own flawed worldview, seeing only black and white, not the nuance. During World War II, we allied with Josef Stalin's Soviet Union, which helped us preoccupy Germany with its eastern front, helping us defeat the Germans. Yet Stalin also killed millions of his own people just as Saddam Hussein did; both were used as allies against a bigger threat to peace and stability.
Support of Iraq in its war with Iran during the 1980s revolved around Iran's attack on the U.S. Embassy and the hostage crisis in 1979, illustrating that Iran was the largest threat to peace and stability of the region. Helping Saddam's effort in that war effectively countered Iran's attempt to dominate the region.See the full content of this document
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Hypocritically, Mr. Woolery also advocates our military intervention in Darfur becaus...
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