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KingCharlemagne

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31. The CIA cozied up to the Baath Party and SH back in the early 60s when it and he were busy

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 11:53 PM

Jun 2015

smashing the Arab nationalist regime of Qassem and then destroying the remnants of any functional secular Iraqi left, i.e., Socialists and Communists. Sorry to say it, but JFK's administration stands deeply implicated in the footsie, just as JFK's administration coddled and swaddled the Diem regime in Vietnam for 3 long years. IOW, a bi-partisan cock-up for over 50 years.

Disclaimer: Despite the foregoing, I really think I would have liked JFK and probably would have had my head up my ass back in the early 60s when I was really only knee-high to a grasshopper.

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The CIA cozied up to the Baath Party and SH back in the early 60s when it and he were busy KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #31

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And the Soviets and France before that, and to a much greater degree. nt Codeine Jun 2015 #4

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No argument there at all. nt Codeine Jun 2015 #18

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