Leaving aside how we got here, that is something interesting to think about, the insight you just offered about our miscommunication around this issue. I knew

Leaving aside how we got here, that is something interesting to think about, the insight you just offered about our miscommunication around this issue. I knew I was not engaging in misdirection. At first I did leave unsaid that I always believe it is wrong to impose on others (China and Taiwan, for example). It's hard to completely state ones position in every comment. I jumped right into a geopolitical discussion, where I'm still convinced that might makes right is the primary driver of interactions between countries, as opposed to morality, given that countries are run by less than perfect politicians. I was thinking more along the lines of the practicality of the U.S. getting involved, factors driving that, likely outcomes, how motivated the parties involved are, etc. Wars so often create more tragedy, and it seems there's so often questionable motives involved. I guess that it's often the case that it takes a while to sort through the different context people bring to a discussion. I've seen this before, a better discussion after getting the initial yelling back and forth over assumptions out of the way.