sethnintendo said:
Joelcool7 said:
This is key to my beliefs. I don't agree with violence for the sake of violence I believe in its use to stop violence and keep peace and prosperity. The key to that belief is "If a man sees someone commit a crime and has the power to stop it, but chooses not to they are as guilty as the man commiting the crime".
As such I believe countries should have weapons and troops to protect the civilians and lives of the people within their countries and abroad. If the Taliban start massacring people or Gaddafi starts killing innocent civilians etc...etc.. and we have the military capacity to stop them but do not. Then we may as well be commiting the atrocities ourselves.
This does not mean I think violence should be used in all cases. We can use economics as well such as sanctions. But the military plays a big role in protecting people's lives and rights. Keeping people safe from tyrants.
So you see , no I am not one to say violence is a good answer and that we should solve all our disputes with violence. However when violence is used or people are being treated horribly , and a military or act of violence can restore order and justice and stop those people from being harmed and mistreated. Then I believe their is a place for armed intervention.
In other words violence with the sole goal of stopping violence!
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I have to comment on this... I am highly against the USA or any country being the international police force. Genocide, killings, etc.. happens all the time and you can't expect one country to step up each time and spend its' money to try and stop the violence with more violence. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prove your insight is wrong. We have only made the region worse and killed far more innocent people when compared to the actual "bad" people.
I can list a few dozen countries that have killed many of their civilians that USA would never dream of going to war with at this point, yet you want USA or any other big enough military nation to go to constant war. Should we have gone and stopped Darfur? Probably so but we were so damn scared of Saddam and Iraq (threats that were never there). If the people of a country are being abused by their own government then let them rise up against it and stop it (happened in Egypt, Libya and now Syria). Being the world police force just causes more enemies and a never ending war state. You can take your ideas and go make a fascist warring nation. I want zero part in this bullshit police state.
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I couldn't have said it better myself. I would like us to worry about our own instead of everyone else.
