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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (212492)1/11/2007 10:00:05 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I agree if you don't think you can have things turn out well, then you shouldn't undertake one of these overseas interventions. But I don't agree they always go poorly. US military intervention in Panama, Grenada and the Philippines have probably caused those countries loads of net positive benefits. Look at South Korea - had the US not intervened the entire Peninsula might look like North Korea, a hell on earth I wouldn't wish on any human.

There is an interesting thing going on now in Somalia where the Ethiopian military has apparently routed the Islamist Courts to put the UN recognized Somalian government back in power. Whether it is going to be a positive or negative invasion for Somalians we won't be able to judge for somewhere between a year and a decade, but it looks (so far, first two weeks!) like a textbook case of meddling in another country's political system.

But you're right, it does need to be well planned and executed, or not done at all.

That's probably a main reason why it is done so seldomly.
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