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In reply to the discussion: Everybody knows that Putin is BAD, [View all]Progressive dog
(7,604 posts)and never venture outside of the USA. We could even stop supporting our allies, and ignore what Germany, France, U.K., etc. want. We could just pretend that what happens in the rest of the world doesn't affect us.
We could have rolled over when the communists blockaded West Berlin, when they attacked us in S. Korea, when the communist Chinese attacked Taiwan, or when they moved the nuclear weapons into Cuba. Would the world have been a better place if we had?
We could have ignored the Al Quaeda attack on the embassies, on the Cole, on the world trade center, on the pentagon. We could have allowed the taliban to continue protecting the Al Quaeda camps and keep their vicious dictatorship. Do you think they'd be sending us thank you cards if we had?
Libya began as a civil war. The United Nations established the no fly zone, not the USA. The last I knew, Russia and China both had a veto on UN security council resolutions. Qaddafi the terrorist dictator terrorist was killed. Why is the USA alone responsible for UN actions?
The USA has no forces in Ukraine. It has no drones, it has fired no weapons. The US has not threatened the use of force, and as far as I am aware neither have it's European allies. Russia does have forces in Ukraine. Why is it wrong for the US government to peacefully oppose this?