Originally posted by Ace
You guys pounce very quickly. 
Is it not a smart idea to try and foster democratic ideals on a troublesome country?
I flip flop on this a lot and I can be persuaded to let the rest of the world sink into the ocean.
Ace
Those dummy governments the US is notorius for setting up only further hurts things usually. People get all pissy b/c they feel we are forcing our way of life upon them.
IMO it\'s our vanity that allows us to think that we have a moral right, scratch that, obligation to go around righting the worlds wrongs. Every time we do it, all we get is grief.
The Europeans think we\'re a bunch of warmongers. The Arabs think OBL is a hero, the Somalians shot at us for trying to feed them. The vietnamese ran us out too.
We need to start applying our ideals to our foriegn policies. We believe in freedom and letting people live thier lives even if we don\'t agree with them. That\'s the theory at least. Let\'s let other nations alone and let them live thier lives the way they choose. If they want new leadership they\'ll get it the same way we did in 1776.