Should the US invade sovereign nations - I vote yes!
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:01 am
Hi Everyone:
Given the concerns about the US involvement in Iraq etc, do you think that the US should intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign nations.
I suppose that I should declare my opinion first. The US should only intervene to stop the mass murder of civilians. To this end, allow me to thank those of you in the US for caring enough to intervene in this regard. I realize that the US is not obligated to save the lives of people of other nations, and you have not intervened in all countries that desperately needed military intervention, but thank you for when you have intervened.
I believe that nations should not interfere with the internal affairs of other nations, and should respect their sovereignty and territorial integrity. I do not believe that any nation has the right to violate another nation’s sovereignty in order to bring relief to citizens suffering under a leader who is corrupt, and has mismanaged the country’s finances and social services. That is an internal matter for the citizens to resolve. However, some leaders see their citizens as their property, to torture and murder at will.
When leaders begin to mass murder their citizens, then those leaders should become illegitimate and the United Nations should remove them. Unfortunately, the United Nations is not effective at removing despots, so generations of people continue to suffer.
Human beings are not property, as African slaves were legally defined some 200 years ago. All human beings are our brothers and sisters, and they are not somehow less valuable just because they have the misfortune of living under an oppressive regime. Every oppressed person has the right to expect to be liberated.
Well, that is my opinion, what is yours?
Given the concerns about the US involvement in Iraq etc, do you think that the US should intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign nations.
I suppose that I should declare my opinion first. The US should only intervene to stop the mass murder of civilians. To this end, allow me to thank those of you in the US for caring enough to intervene in this regard. I realize that the US is not obligated to save the lives of people of other nations, and you have not intervened in all countries that desperately needed military intervention, but thank you for when you have intervened.
I believe that nations should not interfere with the internal affairs of other nations, and should respect their sovereignty and territorial integrity. I do not believe that any nation has the right to violate another nation’s sovereignty in order to bring relief to citizens suffering under a leader who is corrupt, and has mismanaged the country’s finances and social services. That is an internal matter for the citizens to resolve. However, some leaders see their citizens as their property, to torture and murder at will.
When leaders begin to mass murder their citizens, then those leaders should become illegitimate and the United Nations should remove them. Unfortunately, the United Nations is not effective at removing despots, so generations of people continue to suffer.
Human beings are not property, as African slaves were legally defined some 200 years ago. All human beings are our brothers and sisters, and they are not somehow less valuable just because they have the misfortune of living under an oppressive regime. Every oppressed person has the right to expect to be liberated.
Well, that is my opinion, what is yours?