This is the kind of thinking that led the US to support murderous mujaheddeen against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. What followed from that, we all know.
The first thing that it helped cause was the defeat of international Communism and the fall of the Soviet Union. These were not trivial victories.
It is in the nature of things that in any large conflict (such as the Cold War), one will not be able to avoid unsavory allies. It is also in the nature of things that, after the war is won, some of those allies may turn into enemies.
It is OK to ally oneself with Stalin when one is trying to survive Hitler, but to assume that one has to take part in any monstrous struggle between monsters is plain stupid.
Why is it ok to ally with Stalin when one is trying to survive Hitler, but not to ally with the Afghan rebels (not all by any means of whom were Taliban) when trying to survive the Soviet Union?
When the struggle is between murderers, and when no desperate national interest is concerned, it is better not to be involved at all.
Had we followed your advice, we might not have won the Cold War, because the resources of many Third World countries would have been added to the Soviet empire.
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The first thing that it helped cause was the defeat of international Communism and the fall of the Soviet Union. These were not trivial victories.
It is in the nature of things that in any large conflict (such as the Cold War), one will not be able to avoid unsavory allies. It is also in the nature of things that, after the war is won, some of those allies may turn into enemies.
It is OK to ally oneself with Stalin when one is trying to survive Hitler, but to assume that one has to take part in any monstrous struggle between monsters is plain stupid.
Why is it ok to ally with Stalin when one is trying to survive Hitler, but not to ally with the Afghan rebels (not all by any means of whom were Taliban) when trying to survive the Soviet Union?
When the struggle is between murderers, and when no desperate national interest is concerned, it is better not to be involved at all.
Had we followed your advice, we might not have won the Cold War, because the resources of many Third World countries would have been added to the Soviet empire.