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malaise

(296,395 posts) Thu Apr 6, 2017, 07:36 AM Apr 2017

Serious question - why do Western powers feel they have the right [View all]

to change regimes across the globe?

Then why do they object when others get the same ideas re them?

I am a lover of rule of law but I detest imperialism in all forms.

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Serious question - why do Western powers feel they have the right [View all] malaise Apr 2017 OP

This is not a one size fits all situation... brooklynite Apr 2017 #1

Legacy of what if HAB911 Apr 2017 #2

Bingo. Dr. Strange Apr 2017 #4

It's not just "The West". Russia does it. China does it. Saudi-Arabia does it. DetlefK Apr 2017 #3

Japan did it, too, which is why there are still bad vibes between them and Korea. randome Apr 2017 #16

The West has been interfering in the Middle East since the end of the Ottoman Empire. former9thward Apr 2017 #5

Yep - this is the truth malaise Apr 2017 #13

Go back to Julius Ceasar. Make money from conquest, slaves are worth a lot. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #6

Precisely and they have convinced so many of us peons malaise Apr 2017 #11

Back in the good old days slaves were housed and fed. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #17

It's not as though non Western countries PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #7

Sometimes I too have no faith in humans malaise Apr 2017 #10

We (the people, not the politicians running the government) should not support dictators who pampango Apr 2017 #8

I agree with you malaise Apr 2017 #9

ask pootie snooper2 Apr 2017 #12

"Then why do they object when others get the same ideas re them? " NCTraveler Apr 2017 #14

I agree on all points malaise Apr 2017 #15

Chickens will come home to roost. Solly Mack Apr 2017 #18