This could be said of US conduct with regard to al-Qaeda’s precursors in Afghanistan in the 1980’s, and of its current dealings with terrorist groups such as the People’s Mujahadeen Organization (MKO), and the Kurdish PEJAK and PKK. The MKO, which was once on Saddam Hussein’s payroll and responsible for the loss of many innocent lives in Iran and Iraq, is now under the protection of the US government in Iraq and operates freely in the US itself.
这从美国在1980年代与基地组织在阿富汗的前身们，以及其与“人民圣战组织” (MKO)和库尔德人的PEJAK和PKK的交道中可见一斑。MKO，这个曾一度得到萨达姆的金钱支持并在伊朗及伊拉克大量杀害无辜的组织，现在美国政府的保护之下在伊拉克和美国境内自由行动。