When should the US ever get involved?

[Zebo]

I think Secpro is Dave... retired sub chief who used to post here and gave POW lots of shit.
Happy Holidays and chill the fuck out Dave.

 

[Drift3r]

Originally posted by: Genx87


The United Nation is useless in this regard as well.

The UN is "useless" because we and other leading nations like it to be "useless". If the UN had any real power it would in many instances act against us eventually in future matters. If you want the UN to have teeth then we would have to deal with being bitten and challenged by a powerful world organization. As of right now the UN is instrumental in justifying our actions in the global diplomatic/political arena. We have and will more then likely use the UN to justify our actions via the UN mandates we vote for or veto to further our own agenda. This is how our government and the other member nations with veto power want it to be and I don't see it changing any time in the future.

 

[Drift3r]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon

Originally posted by: Genx87
Chinese killed about 30 million of their own through direct or indirect policies. Stalin purged millions of Soviets or staved the rest. Pol pot killed an estimated 2 million. And the North Vietnamese ransacked the south after the collapse killing thousands.

Keep in mind these events you listed happened before we had the military might to do something about it. Why did we intervene in Bosnia if genocide is ok? Text

Edit: Forgot about Tiananmen Square. Our arms embargo against China still stands to this day as a result of that massacre. Please explain that, it was during the first 6 months of Bush senior's admin. It's clear that we don't condone genocide (but this administration does).

Glad that Obama/Clinton admin is back. Maybe they'll actually do a little more in Darfur than Tweedle-dee and dum.

How far away is Bosnia from Western Europe again?