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Originally posted by Azred:
font color = lightgreen>Then perhaps when enough people over there get tired of being broomhandled (thank you, Timber) by their governments, which have some of the most notorious human-rights abuse records and widespread corruption problems in the modern world, they might make some headway towards improving the quality of life.
If popular revolt doesn't work, then a group of nations (or only the US if others don't wish to join in) should tell each government "you have 6 months to improve or we will implement regime change here"...and then follow through on that statement.
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Implomenting regieme change, is inneficient and costly (see previous posts). Propaganda will make sure that the people in [insert african country] won't see it from your perspective, neither will the french. Things ain't that simple.
As starange as it seems, democracy is not always the answer. People on the whole are stupid and easily intimidated. Just look at the mess Afghanistan is still in, pollitically speaking. A cynical view would be that Afghanistan was just a kneejerk reaction to 9/11 and Iraq had oil. Both invasions succeded, and both regieme changes are failing. Democracy and a long-oppressed, uneducated population is a recepie for disaster. Time and education are needed before democracy will work, and even then it has its problems. It is not Americas job to crusade across the world forcing countries into an arguably flawed system which the population is not ready for. This is neo-conservatism, and the crusade for good is more for the benefit of american society than the people being "liberated". Educating populations is the only solution, but this takes generations, as with our democracies. It is not Americas job to do this either, and even if it was, it is nigh on impossible to do with a corrupt regieme that doesn't want this. It would require invasion, which turns a population against you and your ideas. Catch 22 people! Cant succesfully change a regime without education. Can't educate without a succesful regieme change. Another view is that Iraq was a muscle flex. America showing the world it will act on its threats. This too has failed. Two words, North Korea. I have no solutions, I just thought I'd go wildly off topic to show that if problems were as simple as forums and media make out, they'd have been solved already. You can't beat catch 22...
All this pontificating has made me thirsty. I'm gonna go have a beer.