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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2013, 01:37 PM Mar 2013

The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.

We learned this the hard way after arming the Mujahadeen (future Taliban and Al Quaeda) in their fight against the Soviets in the 1980s.

Why is this maxim any less applicable in the political world?

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