Life has taught me that if someone is being whipped and someone is whipping this person, I am always on the side of those who are being whipped. I've always criticized U. S. foreign policy for forgetting that the United States should defend those who need to be defended. I would object to U. S. policy if it supported Saddam Hussein, and I have always criticized the United States for supporting military regimes in Latin America.
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