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[–] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: the Ba'athists in Iraq were also heavily backed by America, even though they were pan-Arab Socialists.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...that were willing to start a war with leaning-towards-Russia Iran

[–] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

The fact remains that America was supporting a socialist regime in a war against a theocracy - which really contradicts the claim made above that America was always supporting theocracies against left leaning regimes.