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Originally posted by wonderwench
Crap to some is fertilizer for thought to others.
The problem with the liberal outlook is that it often condemns America for not being perfect while excusing or ignoring far worse behavior in totalitarian regimes.
Case in point: the lamentation over the thousands of unintended civilian casualties at the hands of American in Iraq and Afghanistan and the long silence about the millions murdered by Saddam's regime.
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Not true...many peace and justice advocates, as well as human rights groups, railed against the Hussein regime. As I've mentioned in other threads, such "bleeding hearts" groups get very little attention in America. If we look at the history of American aid and foreign policy, we can see that many times the money flows to some of the worst despots or buchers in the world (Duvalier, Somoza, Hussien, Mobutu, etc). Through all of this, "liberal" rights groups have screamed and shouted about the horror being wrought. Personally, I find it a little irritating to be accused of moral inaction by some American conservatives that have shown little interest in these issues in the past.