Thread: Who Armed Iraq?
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Unread 17 Feb 2003, 18:25   #8
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Originally posted by Texan
If the United States sells weapons to Poland, then Poland attacks Finland, what should the United States do? Should the United States say, well that's ok, we sold them the weapons. That would be the ultimate hypocrisy.

When you sell weapons to your ally who then uses those weapons against your enemy, that's not hypocrisy. When your ally later turns those weapons against another one of your allies, or against his own people, then you have a responsibility to take back those weapons.
Oh now I see. we have a responsibility.

But I'm not sure what definition of hypocrisy makes "not attacking people you actively support" hypocritical.
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