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> When America does go in, the world accuses it of interfering and makes ugly jokes about "Be nice to America or they will bring democracy to you too" (or simil

> When America does go in, the world accuses it of interfering and makes ugly jokes about "Be nice to America or they will bring democracy to you too" (or similar). Who is this world you talk about?

dmichulke 6y ago
I suppose me, for example. As far as I can tell there have been no genocides or similar going on in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya. But there were/are in Ruanda, Darfur, maybe Yemen today. I didn't yet see them intervene in the right problem on the right side (e.g., Yemen). Happy to learn about good examples here... EDIT: Oh, maybe Serbia/Kosovo but I don't know nearly enough about that one.
- jonnypotty 6y ago
  You know nothing about Darfur, so why are you having opinions about it. Also the issue is that America DOESN'T intervene in genocides and neither does the international community - not consistently. Kosovo is one "good" example, but the international community waited far too long to act really. What people object to is the rhetoric of intervening in Iraq becuase of the suffering of the Iraqis. This is just a complete lie. People critise America becuase its "intervention" or "invasion" of Iraq causes hundreds of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions. It WAS NOT about saving Iraqis from Sadam. The reason we didn't intervene in Syria was becuase we couldn't work out who's side we were on and so we're not interested. We couldn't internationally organise to try and prevent the violence becuase everyone was trying to work out who the "good guys" were like some bunch of stupid children. This whilst doctors from round the world travelled there and worked in the most awful conditions to try and save as many human lives as possible. Trying to stop loads of people dying should be the focus imo, not being on the 'right side' as you suggest.

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> When America does go in, the world accuses it of interfering and makes ugly jokes about "Be nice to America or they will bring democracy to you too" (or simil

by sabellito 6y ago

> When America does go in, the world accuses it of interfering and makes ugly jokes about "Be nice to America or they will bring democracy to you too" (or similar). Who is this world you talk about?

dmichulke 6y ago
I suppose me, for example. As far as I can tell there have been no genocides or similar going on in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya. But there were/are in Ruanda, Darfur, maybe Yemen today. I didn't yet see them intervene in the right problem on the right side (e.g., Yemen). Happy to learn about good examples here... EDIT: Oh, maybe Serbia/Kosovo but I don't know nearly enough about that one.
- jonnypotty 6y ago
  You know nothing about Darfur, so why are you having opinions about it. Also the issue is that America DOESN'T intervene in genocides and neither does the international community - not consistently. Kosovo is one "good" example, but the international community waited far too long to act really. What people object to is the rhetoric of intervening in Iraq becuase of the suffering of the Iraqis. This is just a complete lie. People critise America becuase its "intervention" or "invasion" of Iraq causes hundreds of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions. It WAS NOT about saving Iraqis from Sadam. The reason we didn't intervene in Syria was becuase we couldn't work out who's side we were on and so we're not interested. We couldn't internationally organise to try and prevent the violence becuase everyone was trying to work out who the "good guys" were like some bunch of stupid children. This whilst doctors from round the world travelled there and worked in the most awful conditions to try and save as many human lives as possible. Trying to stop loads of people dying should be the focus imo, not being on the 'right side' as you suggest.