tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post112494097381284439..comments2024-03-06T05:30:41.694-05:00Comments on Pho's Akron Pages: Pat Robertson Sings the Very Very Sorry SongScott Piephohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-1124978360668352912005-08-25T09:59:00.000-04:002005-08-25T09:59:00.000-04:00I think Robertson was just being nostalgic for a s...I think Robertson was just being nostalgic for a simpler time in American foreign policy when the only criteria used to evaluate whether to support or oppose a foreign leader was how friendly they were to America. Criteria such as opinions of citizens (or treatment of citizens) in the country were somewhat less relevant. Some of our biggest problems can be seen to stem directly from some decisions that were made this way (c.f. Iran, 1953 and support for a certain S. Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980's for two of the clearest examples).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com