Originally Posted by
law dawg
At the risk of being too political and bustin' an Omni-cap in you
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What imperialist agenda did Afghanistan, Somalia and the Sudan have? What's their relation to Israel? Because they've been there fighting for some time now.....
I think excuses are all that's needed, myself. And their avowed things the US can do to "make it all stop" doesn't stop at leaving Saudi Arabia (done), leave Iraq (not yet) and stop supporting Israel (not ever, probably). The list of what we need to do it much, much larger.
I agree that it's much larger. Personally, I think Afghanistan was justified because the Taliban WERE harboring Osama. As he claimed responsibility, we couldn't just let that go. Sudan shouldn't just be our problem, and Somalia I really don't think we needed to be involved there as it's still a mess there too.
The Arab-Israeli conflict is centuries old and that's going to take a long time to resolve, if it ever is. Honestly, I think we should largely butt out of a lot of world politics and spend our money at home. The mess we have right now with wars and so on is starting to cause an economic downturn. And maybe if we start focusing more on things at home, things will start to settle down elsewhere.
I don't think America's imperialist, but I do think it's a bit too nosy. And that nosiness with even good intentions can and has gotten us into trouble.