You've got this very peculiar code of morality where all the evil of all the dictators of world is OUR fault because we failed to stop it, or made a brief alliance of convenience (against Iran, in this case - and boy, if you want to talk about a multilaterally popular policy, that was it. Immoral I agree, but our Gulf allies adored it).
Are the dictators themselves responsible? Nope, no way. They're just dictators, their massacres aren't interesting unless you can blame the US.
Are the arms merchants who worked hard to sell them nukes and make them REALLY dangerous, are they responsible? Nope, that's just the French doing what the French do.
But the US, they are the champions of moral turpitude. They should sit in the corner and take no action every until they can demonstrate 100% moral purity; even then they will have to atone for all their past sins, somehow.
It isn't real. It isn't even meant to be real. It's just meant to reflexively oppose whatever the US does. If it moves to stop a dictator, it has no right to do so. If it doesn't move to stop him, it is responsible for his massacres.
It's a bunch of moral preening. Make yourself feel superior while helping nobody and hindering the only people with any realistic chance of doing good. |
