10-07-2004, 01:23 PM
If we had said "we are going to remove a dictator and free people", that's one thing. I don't remember anyone ever saying that was the reason we invaded (until after the fact, when no WMD turned up)
The problem with that argument is, there are oodles of repressive regimes out there, and some of them are worse. Think about how many people China has killed/tortured/put in prison... you don't see us invading them ("never fight a land war in Asia"). That's just the most obvious example, but there are plenty of places we could "nation build" if killing dictators became our foreign policy goal #1..
john
The problem with that argument is, there are oodles of repressive regimes out there, and some of them are worse. Think about how many people China has killed/tortured/put in prison... you don't see us invading them ("never fight a land war in Asia"). That's just the most obvious example, but there are plenty of places we could "nation build" if killing dictators became our foreign policy goal #1..
john
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