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In reply to the discussion: Most of us here were against the invasion of Iraq, correct? [View all]quinnox
(20,600 posts)to be a very convincing argument, with good reason. It would be very convenient to pretend the United States hasn't made any huge errors in recent history, and then we wouldn't sound so hypocritical and morally bankrupt when trying to lecture other countries. But it simply doesn't work that way, we don't have a free "get out of jail" card, sorry.
And that is ignoring all the huge differences between Iraq and what is going on in that other part of the world, like -
1.The people of that Crimea region are mostly Russian, have deep historical ties to Russia, and voted to join Russia
2. How can it be an "invasion", when Russia has had a base there in the region for years with troops stationed there
3. There is no fraudulent WMD excuse being given as the reason for the Russian action
4. No, we all can't recognize it as "wrong". I don't, and I don't see how it is any of the United States business.