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If the military is really about defence, it has no business in foreign countries whatsoever.
by jstanley 8y ago
If the military is really about defence, it has no business in foreign countries whatsoever.
- chroma 8y agoBy that logic, America was not justified in attacking Germany during WWII. Countries have several good reasons to invade other countries. They can come to the defense of their allies. Or they can invade to stop genocide, such as in the Kosovo War. There's also the idea of a preemptive war, though in practice that is usually a pretext.
- alluro2 8y agoUgh, please don't use Kosovo as an example of a "good" kind of intervention, without looking more deeply into historical context and consequences afterwards...