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I mean, if you are so certain of the way forward in Myanmar, please tell us all how we are supposed to maintain all of our tense, fragile security positions in

I mean, if you are so certain of the way forward in Myanmar, please tell us all how we are supposed to maintain all of our tense, fragile security positions in the rest of the world while invading Myanmar and somehow coming out without having committed heinous acts of some sort or bungling the whole thing. I, for one, think that the Myanmar situation is going to play out as it is, regardless of foreign involvement.

lr4444lr 9y ago
I doubt we could in any way make the plight of the Rohingya worse by intervening, even with nothing more than peacekeeping forces to aid their migration out of Burma. They are being butchered on the run.
craftyguy 9y ago
Ignoring for a moment that the need for almost all of these "fragile security positions" is from our own doing.. invading the country isn't the only way. How about we bring wide-spread international attention to it? What about pressuring Myanmar's neighbors to take a stand against it (sanctioning Myanmar's leadership)? For fuck's sake, what about providing support for refugees fleeing that situation? I don't know which answer would work, nor did I claim to, FYI since you somehow think I said that, but doing absolutely nothing is probably not a great idea.
- weberc2 9y ago
  I tend to agree, but our society incentivizes political inaction from our leaders. Doing something good and hard that could be cast in an unethical light (i.e., virtually anything) can be damning. Of course a good leader would sacrifice his career to do the right thing, but our political system largely weeds out most such leaders before they rise to national office.
Lendal 9y ago
At least we could bring attention to it, public denunciation, sanctions, etc. That would be better than just ignoring it.
anigbrowl 9y ago
while invading Myanmar Assuming that you know where other people are going with an argument is rarely well-founded or conducive to reasoned argument.

lr4444lr 9y ago

I doubt we could in any way make the plight of the Rohingya worse by intervening, even with nothing more than peacekeeping forces to aid their migration out of Burma. They are being butchered on the run.

craftyguy 9y ago

Ignoring for a moment that the need for almost all of these "fragile security positions" is from our own doing.. invading the country isn't the only way. How about we bring wide-spread international attention to it? What about pressuring Myanmar's neighbors to take a stand against it (sanctioning Myanmar's leadership)? For fuck's sake, what about providing support for refugees fleeing that situation? I don't know which answer would work, nor did I claim to, FYI since you somehow think I said that, but doing absolutely nothing is probably not a great idea.

weberc2 9y ago
I tend to agree, but our society incentivizes political inaction from our leaders. Doing something good and hard that could be cast in an unethical light (i.e., virtually anything) can be damning. Of course a good leader would sacrifice his career to do the right thing, but our political system largely weeds out most such leaders before they rise to national office.

Lendal 9y ago

At least we could bring attention to it, public denunciation, sanctions, etc. That would be better than just ignoring it.

anigbrowl 9y ago

while invading Myanmar Assuming that you know where other people are going with an argument is rarely well-founded or conducive to reasoned argument.