Guest,

I could point out that in many cases, the regimes supported by the U.S. are not very pretty, but are often the lesser of two evils compared to their opposition. For example, the Shah was not a very nice guy, but was two decades of rule by fanatics an improvement? However, in way of refuting most of your comments, i will simply make the observation that you would probably have been a big fan of Neville Chamberlain in 1938.