Hi KLP; Re: "Well Jacob....if you are correct, then the US should let every other country in the world fix the ills of the world. Perhaps Canada and France can fix Africa. Luxembourg can handle Indonesia...etc."
The funny thing is that neocons don't apply this argument to Israel. If the Israelis are such a "modern" "democracy", then why is it that they've been completely unable to maintain order even in their own cities?
That the US is going to accomplish, at a low cost and by imitating Israel, what Israel has failed at for 50 years is silly.
Re: "Maybe the US could then just protect our own country, and not worry about all the others in the world."
The cool thing about this sanctimonious, holier than thou, platitude is that it is being used to justify the Iraq war. Honey, look in your local newspaper. The Iraqis, in general, wish that we weren't there, and regret that we arrived. Sure, there are some Iraqis that are glad we are there, but not enough of them to prevent their friends and relatives from shooting at us.
-- Carl |
