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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (153154)12/2/2004 8:47:37 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
As I have previously said, I do not support military intervention against moderate regimes, even if they are not democratic. A regime would have to pretty brutal for me to consider armed intervention. Even then, I would prefer supporting indigenous rebellion to putting American troops directly on the line. Ordinarily, I think that democracy should be promoted by diplomacy and cultural exchange.

On the "oxymoronic" note: I believe in universal human values. I do not think that promoting liberal democracy and capitalism is "promoting our heritage", I think it is promoting decent states and economic growth, and thus the dignity of man. I do not think that freedom of speech or religion are Western rights, I think they are human rights.
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