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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If the US intervenes, the world calls us nasty names.
If we do nothing, the world complains we do nothing.
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I'm not saying that the US has any right to be the world police. What I am saying is that if we are going to spew forth all kinds of bullshit rhetoric about "spreading democracy" and "freedom" and using that as a justification for starting quite clearly one of the most useless wars in history, then dammit, why don't we follow through and BE CONSISTENT about it. Which means acting on behalf of anyone fighting for democracy, anywhere, regardless of where our interests lie. This just goes to show you how much we really care about democracy, if you ask me.
Once again, case in point regarding Israel in Lebanon last summer... after all that hoo-ha about how great the Lebanese people were (after Hariri's assassination in Feb. 2005), marching and demanding democracy, kicking Syria out... Go Lebanon! But come summer 2006... oooh wait, sorry, if it's Israel bombing you, we don't care if you're risking your lives to demand democracy, we're just gonna let 1,000+ of your people die. Yeah, sorry 'bout that... umm, use restraint and stuff, okay?