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Originally posted by Dramnek_Ulk:
From Americas polices it would seem that it stands for democracy at home, and dictatorship aboard, america has had no qualms about overthrowing goverments to install a dictator friendly to them.The USA government supported Noriaga in Panama then bombed it when he started drug running, they supported Osama bin laden in Afghanistan, then he turned on them and they bomb him now and they supported Pinochet in Chile. American and British companies supplied arms to Saddam Hussein, which he used against them in the gulf war and upon innocents. They supported the dictator Shah of Iran. ANY country that has supported dictators cannot be said to stand for freedom and justice when they have so blatantly allowed supported others in the abuse of what they supposedly stand for.
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Dramnek, I know where you're coming from and where you want to go. You make very good points but you seem to forget the reality of international politics: it's based on the protection of the nations interests. Not morality (though it probably should).
I really wish I could find my thesis and have it translated for you (it was in French but it's packed somewhere in my basement). It's a 135 pages describing the foundation of international relations. I took the presidency of Jimmy Carter to study the concept of morality vs interest. Morality was the approach he undertook at the begining of his term. By the end of the term, US foreing policy changed in focus. It was now geared toward the protection of the national interest. You see, even if a nation would like to base it's policies on morality, it cannot do so because it would hurt it in the long run (more than what we have witnessed on 9-11).
I'll look around to see if I can find my Bibliography. It will provide you with a few good reading titles to help you better understand the "why".
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I'm the Wanderer without a clan... I bring justice without favorism. Though you may not agree with it, my judgement is final... and inconsequential
[This message has been edited by Ryanamur (edited 10-23-2001).]