Hamster Buddha
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Re: US, world powers agree to extend deadline for Iran to meet nuclear scale-back dea
I think the bigger problem in a lot of these situations is the lack of US follow through when the job is done. After the Soviets left Afghanistan, we simply left the people to their own fate. With Saddam, we backed him in his war with Iran, but when he found himself in debt because of the conflict, we decided to not assist him with it, thus leading to the first Gulf War.
Sure, see post 170.
I think the bigger problem in a lot of these situations is the lack of US follow through when the job is done. After the Soviets left Afghanistan, we simply left the people to their own fate. With Saddam, we backed him in his war with Iran, but when he found himself in debt because of the conflict, we decided to not assist him with it, thus leading to the first Gulf War.