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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
agreed with the bold.
however I disagree that the only time we should intervene is if there is a threat to us. I dont think we should be passive participants in the global human rights movement.
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Like we should invade Iraq again?
I think we should learn to mostly stay out of other peoples civil wars as our last interference just made things worse. The thing is it looks like ISIS is doing everything it can to get the West involved with troops on the ground. The only reason I can see is to paint the West the as the invaders so they can unite all Arabs against us. We may win some battles for sure but we'll lose the war because they don't want us there, just as the Vietnamese didn't want us there.
Here's a quote from C S Lewis.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good
of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live
under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may
at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good
will torment us without end for they do so with the approval
of their own conscience."
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It's a difficult subject because yeah we should supply food and medical aid to the displaced who have voted with their feet but getting involved in their political wars, no.
edit laugh because ISIS has managed to combine being robber barons while being moral busybodies as well.