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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Poet who wrote (31548)10/9/2001 4:27:33 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I am noticing (on SI anyway) a shift to a hawkish and self-righteous stance, so that even reminding people of these more unsavory aspects of our country's past is seen as unpatriotic.

For some refusal to recognize American mistakes and unsavory practices is just jingoism at a time of crisis, but on the other hand it should be recognized that we have dealt with complex situations. Saudi Arabia is hardly a democracy not is it a particuarly free country but is support for them against Iraq unsavory? I don't think so. Support for the Shah of Iran might be a better example but even here its not like his opposition would have been a bunch of unrelenting supporters for freedom and democracy.

In many cases when everyone we might support seems unsavory it might be best to just walk away and support no one, or in certain situations just send humanitarian aid, but we really need to stay somewhat involved in the middle east because of its oil supply. In other cases we got involved because of the cold war to keep the soviets from putting some client of theirs in charge in certain countries in different area of the world.

I would say most US involvement in the world is either positive, or in a murky grey area rather then being unjust or evil. Of course a lot of damage can be done in the grey areas but sometimes it is hard to avoid them.

Tim
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