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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (218494)2/15/2007 4:44:55 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Obviously you can be against it, but shouldn't the people of that country really be the ones to change things?

I'm not very fond of the idea of genital mutilation, but I wouldn't invade a country to stop it, either. Surely that is a problem for the people of that country to solve, or not solve, as they may choose.

This argues that the US should not have participated in Europe in WW2. Shouldn't the French have removed the Germans from France, not the "allies"?

The US is the most powerful country on the planet. Where we are able to promote good things among non-Americans, we should do so. Sometimes we succeed (South Korea) and sometimes we fail (North Korea). We should try to succeed more often and fail less often. Your argument appears to be that we should do nothing - and for that to be correct you'd have to make the case that American intervention overseas ALWAYS makes things worse. Is that your argument?
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