this is pretty much
how the americans see it i think:
First he was good and on our side
Then he turned bad and had to be killed
woo for star wars pics
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blind pew 'bandwagonesque',
Mon 15 Dec 2003, 13:03,
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the thing is
during the time the yanks liked him he was actually instigating radical socialist policies, but because he was suppressing muslims at the same time they let him get away with it/sold him all the weapons he wanted
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atomboy,
Mon 15 Dec 2003, 13:11,
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