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I would support a more pro-active humanistic military, but many humanitarian causes have been left to the United Nations. The US knows its legitimacy (as well a
by gnramires 5y ago
I would support a more pro-active humanistic military, but many humanitarian causes have been left to the United Nations. The US knows its legitimacy (as well as political support) will come into question in those scenarios. How about we strengthen UN instead?
- codyb 5y agoI'm certainly very pro working cooperatively with other Democratic nations to secure a more just and peaceful future less dominated by a singe nation state. The problem is, alliances fray (Turkey, Belarus, Britain, the United States... we've all had our issues with current alliances and treaties in recent history alone). And that gets problematic and very hairy. The other issue is, a single state dominance is prone to being coopted by less than benign actors and we've certainly seen that in the US I believe, especially given our invasion of Iraq. So there's no cure alls on these things unfortunately. As a general practice I believe brining more members under our umbrella and strengthening the organizations like NATO and the UN which can act as a cooperative unit and not as a unilateral actor is a positive.