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RE: Should America be the Policeman of the World? - 7/24/2008 12:30:22 PM
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Jhud
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I often wonder how far the principle of being a 'good neighbor' can be applied here.
For example, imagine the Good Samaritan, instead of coming upon he man after he was beaten by robbers, came upon him while he was being beaten by robbers.
What would his obligation as a good neighbor be then? Should he wait until after the robbers had finished, and hope that the man lived long enough to care for, or should he do what he could stop him from being beaten in the process?
Or should he simply pass by since it wasn't his responsibility to be the 'police' after all?
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RE: Should America be the Policeman of the World? - 7/24/2008 4:11:42 PM
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Leon_Figg3
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Looking at our drive to face the situation in Iraq merely in terms of our need, and the world's need, for oil is a very simplistic and naive view of what the struggle in the Middle East and the Near East is all about.
What Saddam intended to do and did do in Iraq and the region, not to mention the world, had nothing to do with religion or culture. He was a very hostile man who, in his conduct with his own people and at least two of his neighbors clearly demonstrated, his hostile intentions and aspirations.
Yes, we helped him to some extent, at some time. That was a different time with different concerns, though. We neither knew nor had a way of knowing, for sure, how he really inteded or would eventually use the help we gave him. We probably should have known or at least had some idea, but the benifts, at the time, probably outweighed the unknown price we might have had to pay. (Yes, the same holds true for our relationship and situation with Bin Laden.)
Yes, it is unfortuneate that our needs, and the world's needs, play a large part in deciding where and how we to take action. The terrible truth is that we really do not have a choice. How can we help resolve the problems in one part of the world, if we do not have the material from another part of the world that is needed?
< Message edited by Leon_Figg3 -- 7/24/2008 4:20:14 PM >
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RE: Should America be the Policeman of the World? - 7/24/2008 8:23:53 PM
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SonInMe1
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Saddam was no muslim
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RE: Should America be the Policeman of the World? - 7/24/2008 8:31:36 PM
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agapetos
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Does, or does not America have the right and responsibility, as a super power, to act as the policeman of the world picking and choosing under what conditions, reasons, and proceesses it will challlenge and interfere in the affairs of other countries? Perhaps America should learn to police itself before turning it's attention to policing other countries.
America is a super power. That doesn't mean that it's policies are always right.
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