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I suppose I didn't pick the best examples. Though Mandela was a critic of the US in later years regarding Iraq / Israel, and Hitler's sentiment on America seems
by chillacy 10y ago
I suppose I didn't pick the best examples. Though Mandela was a critic of the US in later years regarding Iraq / Israel, and Hitler's sentiment on America seems to be complex: a combination of not taking america too seriously and not desiring conflict too early.
But I don't think that changes my original point, which is that all dictators can be seen as serving their people, depending on how you define "their people".
- kgwgk 10y agoI don't disagree, but the comment you replied to was about the direct correlation between "the amount of anti-American rhetoric" and "how much they screw their country over" so the fact that you choose as example dictators which were not very high in the anti-American rhetoric axis kind of supports his case.
- chillacy 10y agoTrue. I suppose better picks would have been leaders of Russia, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, etc. going off of http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/15/which-countries-dont-like-america-and-which-do/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/15/which-countr... In all those cases they're helping some group in their country, even if its the political elite.