re: The United States and the Soviet Union were only working together under the supreme duress of fighting Nazi Germany.
Good diplomacy plays adversaries off against each other. Bad diplomacy unites them against one's self.
Which variety is this?
If you have a diplomatic way that would have made Al Qaeda team up with us against Saddam, or Saddam work with us to crush Islamic terror movements, I'd really love to hear it.
At some point the evidence is going to be sufficient to convince even you that we have been number one on the shitlist of both Saddam and the Islamists for over a decade, and they have not only had every reason to team up against us, but have done so.