When is a Friend NOT a Friend?

 When it involves the United States of course.
 Here is an old one from WWII which records are just now being released for/ a massacre which occurred in the Katyn Forest, during which 22,000 Polish military officers and other prisoners were executed by the Russians, and blamed on the Germans.

Russia's goal was to eliminate a military and intellectual elite that would have put up stiff resistance to Soviet control after the war. The men were among Poland's most accomplished — officers and reserve officers who in their civilian lives worked as doctors, lawyers, teachers, or as other professionals. Their loss has proven an enduring wound to the Polish nation.
The U.s. Gov/ was fully aware of what happened as early as 1943, And  after pressure, in a special U.S. Congressional committee released a report in 1952 stating there was no doubt of Soviet guilt,  It also recommended the government bring charges against the Soviets at an international tribunal — something never acted upon..  Despite the committee's strong conclusions, the White House maintained its silence on Katyn for decades.
 Secret encoded messages shows the Roosevelt administration was getting information early on from credible U.S. sources of Soviet guilt — yet still ignored it. /. The U.S. as is also its methodology, ordered those familiar with the incident to never speak of it.

Many of you know all too well the many times the Unites States, has allied itself with people and nations that it knew were evil. But it did so anyway, why? Because it suited their purposes, and that , sadly is the only criteria the U.S. has for picking friends
Bin laden was a friend/ally./cohort whom the U.S. supported with training, money and weapons in the 80's when he was fighting against the  Soviets in Afghanistan
 Saddam Hussein was a friend/ally/ cohort whom the U.S. supported with  money and weapons in his fight against Iran
 Pakistan is the most recent bad ally we picked, as i am sure you are all aware of by now. Pakistan has been found time and time again to be hiding terrorists, most notably old ally Bin Laden himself