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Originally Posted by binky9
For me, the problem with exporting democracy is we shouldn't. We should allow other countries make up their own minds, and give them whatever help they ask for. In Iraq, I think we did a great job of winning the war, and completely f'ed up the peace. We need a government organization that handles everything other than war. A Sys Admin group.
binky9
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I agree, and I think it's an issue that travels on two parallel lines: one is that what we perceive as "helping others" is seen as arrogance by others, and maybe we should just stop pretending we care about certain countries and come clean ("hey, we don't care about your living conditions, all we want is your oil/territory/get rid of your leader"). The second issue is that since WW2 the US economy has become so strongly bonded to military industry that you need to make use of the stuff you produce, there's no other way to keep your economy running: 1 trillion dollars for the Iraq war.... one.trillion.dollars.
11-28-2011, 08:47 PM
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