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Originally Posted by saden1
I don't think it's wise to lump Iraq and Bosina as they are fundamentally different in principle (war vs peach keeping) and budgetary requirement. I would even go further and say that we alone should not be shouldering the burden when it comes to peace keeping missions. The fact that we have such a huge budget gives other nations a free pass to delegate their responsibility to us. Perhaps Europe is too smart or poor? |
As a general matter, I don't think we should be the "world's policeman." For the righties, that means we should not intervene in conflicts (or start them) willy-nilly due to national security concerns. For the lefties, that means we should not engage in peacekeeping. I don't think it's fair to say, "We shouldn't be the world's cop" and then say we should intervene in X conflict because of national security OR humanitarian concerns. Regardless of whatever motives are behind our military interventions, they usually end up costing us money and blood and do little long-term good.