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Originally Posted by Bingo
I know you're tongue in cheek, but comments like that show a real bias and put into question some of your other comments doesn't it?
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Maybe. But the fact is, nation-states tend to behave in their own interest--and unfortunately, that interest is for the most part morally neutral. Sometimes good things happen as a result--like freeing the slaves, bringing a decisive new force into WWII, etc. Other times the results are negative, such as the net effects of US involvement in Nicaragua or the Phillipines, or (right now) the middle east.
What I actually said was that I can see the potential for U.S. involvement in the middle east to bring a morally good result in the long term, whatever the actual motivations for going there in the first place were. Are you sure we really disagree that much on this?