Past support for a despot undermines a nation’s later moral condemnation of him

Evidence

The United States was in a weak position to assert moral authority because it had been a strong supporter of Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, providing him military intelligence and arms even though he was abusing his own people. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2352

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2352