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Originally Posted by Ub3rMensch
give us a case where the US has invaded a country to help them, And for the love of God dont say Iraq.


Ok, outside of Iraq, which is going on right now and controversial, you give ME a country we've invaded since WW1 (I don't want to get into the 1800s and neo-colonialism and native americans -- we can in a different context, but it's not apples and apples -- those were different times, and we can look back in 20/20 hindsight and condemn, and I myself have many problems with Manifest Destiny). But what I'm talking about is the United States and her allies from WW1 to the present.

Off the top of my head:

Germany and her allies in WW1

Germany and her allies in WW2

Korea

Viet Nam (regardless of how bad we screwed things up, the intent was to stop communism and help the people there)

Granada

Libya (to some extent)

Panama

Somalia

Bosnia

Afghanistan

Now there are other nations where we didn't intervene, mostly African nations, where horrible atrocities were commited and we didn't do much if anything, and I am ashamed of that. But then, like I said, given how hard it is to intervene, the geo-politics, the desire to have the UN behind us, the fear that we might also profit from these interventions, and the desire by many Americans and her allies to be isolationist and not be the 'policemen' of the world, etc., what can you say other than I blame that ideology in part for us not helping stop the horrible atrocities that have occured in Africa and elsewhere.


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