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NCTraveler

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

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 10:20 AM

Apr 2017

That part is easy. They object when we do it to them. The west objects when they try to do it to us. That is static. The question can be worded in the exact opposite format as well and would hold just as true.

"why do Western powers feel they have the right to change regimes across the globe?"

Too many reasons to list. There simply isn't one reason. Moral superiority. Resources. Power. Religion. Again, that isn't just for the west.

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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