What I am saying is that people are misusing the word "ally".
Bin Laden and Saddam were never more than "bitches", they were never allies.
People toss around the word ally, to create a false impression that there was some underlying friendship and trust. That was never the case, and that is my point.
Saddam and Bin Laden were never "allies", they were resources utilized to accomplish specific objectives.
Source:
Hobbesdictionary.com:
ally:
When the common foe is eliminated, an ally is someone who will not drive an icepick into your spine when your back is turned.
As for your first post Rat, it came off as reading that if the US had simply told Saddam "no", then, just like that, Kuwait would never have been invaded. Makes us sound like something a little more powerful than we are.
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