OneTime said:
This. Also, I'd add that we've seen a number of countries where the West has intervened, and has not intervened. We can now see empirically that there isn't an easy choice. 50% of the time things sort themselves out anyway, and only 50% of the time does intervention seem to have made things better. I do feel bad for the US though, as there is no correct answer. They will get blamed whichever choice they make! We should have stopped Syria getting this bad though... |
I used to watch a news program where the point was to interview important people. One night they had British politician who was on to demand that the US stop meddling in Europe. The next night, they had a British politician on who was demanding that the US do more to help in Eastern Europe.
That was when I first realized that it's a no-win situation.
Either way, there are politicians in other countries who are going to use US action or inaction to stir up public opinion. I no longer worry about it.
