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Isn't it kinda undemocratic for "the West" to go in and overthrow an, ironically enough, democratically elected dictator?
by lubonay 9y ago
Isn't it kinda undemocratic for "the West" to go in and overthrow an, ironically enough, democratically elected dictator?
- _Adam 9y agoIt's also destabilizing. Look at Libya, Iraq, 1970s Iran, etc. Ukraine is the only example where an autocrat was removed from power without the entire country falling into chaos. They were fortunate to lose control over just Crimea and the eastern zone.
- mkempe 9y agoGermany, 1945
- duncanawoods 9y agoIt required killing 7 million Germans, 10% of the population. I guess if you kill enough people, that does reduce certain types of chaos... but a world war is basically peak chaos.
- mkempe 9y agoDid these Germans die because Hitler was in power, or because he was removed from power?
- kyriakos 9y agoAs someone living in Cyprus an island who has serious issues with Turkey, overthrowing Erdogan scares me more than Erdogan being a dictator. At this point at least we know Erdogan's issues stay inside Turkey. If someone unsuccessfully tries to overthrow him no one can predict what his reaction will be. From invading Greece to a civil war that will end with hundreds of thousands dead. If he is successfully overthrown, we'll have a new Iraq for a decade before the area stabilizes. Either way there's no clean solution.
- minusSeven 9y agoI am not sure about truly democratically elected part, but if its truly democratically elected it should be fine with the rest of the world.