SGG's Pick the President Poll

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How do you draw the line at huminatarian involvement? What happens when we are involved from a humanitarian standpoint with the people of an oppressed nation and then at some point it comes down to a military coup/intervention/what have you? We then just pack up and leave?

And what do we mean by "humanitarian" anyway?

That's exactly the reason the United States shouldn't be involved with humanitarian efforts either.

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What about when our own interests (mostly economic) are affected? Like in Guatemala (I think it was Guatemala) back in the 1950s. Where do we draw the line on involvement?

Kinda like middle eastern oil? The problem is that "our interests" often get confused with what doesn't belong to us. I understand we have a big need for oil. But it's not ours.

Every year around the time of the Super Bowl, I find the "need" for a big screen, hi-def television set. Does that mean I should go over to my neighbor's house and 'act in my own best interests' ??