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?

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?

Humanitarian as in natural disasters (famine, earth quake, etc). If a country is in the midst of a revolution, what can we do? Every nation has to go through growing pains. The only thing we can do is to levy sanction against those who are oppressive and try to help the waring factions negotiate a peaceful settlement amongst themselves. You simply cannot fix something that isn't ready to be fixed by force.

As for looking out for our own interest, sometimes it might be best to step back look at things from another perspective. If you do everything in your own personal life out of self interest you would be a huge dick. Also, what's in your best interest in the short term is not often in your best interest in the long run.

If Saudi Arabia had a revolution tomorrow, what should the United States do?