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Originally Posted by Lebell
The US has been criticized many times for how long we "didn't intervene" in those two little European wars last century.
No, sometimes it is in our best interest to intervene (which may or may not coincide with other's interests.)
On the other hand, I am very much for pulling our troops out of countries like Germany and Italy where, to the best of my knowledge, they have a stable, democratic government.
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There is a difference. Our war with Germany was over them using direct military force to dominate and control countries. This is a concrete action. Germany sent forces into countries, we went over to stop that.
Now, the Cold War is different. We fought concepts. We fought because we disagreed with their ideas. Now we are fighting Iraq because (quoting American military press personnel from movie "Control Room") they might give weapons to terrorists groups that might attack us. Why do we go to war for that reason and yet a country commits genocide and we're not sure if we want to send it troops or not? Please, explain this to me.
I don't see the connection any of the World Wars with most of the current wars today. However, like everything stated here, it is merely my view of the world and we're all better off with more views or possible solutions to our problems of today. To me, this carries over to the elections. We need more choices (compare the number of choices for president to the number of choices for paper towel brands.)
My attraction to the Libertarian party is the main idea, more people making decisions instead of government. Especially in this election I see no one in the "two parties" that wants smaller government and more power given to the people. Now, lets get on to repelling that Patriot Act.