| BasilZero said: Man why cant these people worry about their own nations and look forward to improving the economy worldwide... |
Because the world doesn't work like that. Give a Dictator the Suedatenland, he will take France. Bully Strongmen can't be left to their own devices because eventually they will cause world level problems that will ruin world economies. Ghadafi's brutal crackdown on demonstrations in Libya paralyzed the entire country's economy. We live in a time where you can not have whole countries not contributing to the world market, it slows everything down and brings prices way up. True, worldwide economic prosperity can never come until everyone lives in freedom. Now, we can't go around just bombing people into freedom, but when a nation rises up against a totaltarian dictator, and begs for our help. Than it is the RESPONSIBILITY of the powers of freedom to answer the call and deliver those crying voices from devestation. What happens next needs to be up to them, we can't force people into Democracy (Look at Afghanistan). However, lending a hand should never be confused with forcing a boot (Libya we lent help, Iraq we just said 'fuck it, you're getting Democracy now'.
It comes down to what is right, and what is easy. Doing nothing is easy, but it is not always right. Sometimes it is the right thing to do. A populace has the right to overthrow their government if that government is not following the will of the people. However, we shouldn't force, or instigate an uprising if we can avoid it. Those who wish to isolate themselves from the problems of the world will always sound like they have valid points, but this is not a seperate world any longer. True evil really happens when good men do nothing to stop it. We must always stay vigilant in the face of evil (and laying seige to your own city is decidedly EVIL) and fight for freedom lest it slowly be torn from our grasp.
