dual containment
I read just the first lines of an article today that was talking about the Iran-Iraq war and how it was a result of a policy of dual containment. Obviously, Iran and Iraq cannot be absolved for going along with any nudging from the US, but the callousness of a policy of dual containment -- of encouraging and supplying the arms for a war that claimed the lives of millions -- is breathtaking. And heartbreaking. There are days I cannot believe how horrible the human race can be.