humanities.philosophy.objectivism

"Potroast" wrote in message
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> There are exceptions though. There are occasional megalomaniacs that
> rise though the ranks that need to be dealt with. This is why working
> with the international community is so important. While talking and
> sanctions aren't as glamorous as wars it's as great a shaming
> mechanism. If it goes on for long enough it eventually wears down the
> target nation as it implodes from within as people get sick of their
> asshole leaders..

Sanctions and "international community" don't work either. We had sanctions
against Cuba and Iraq and they did nothing. When we do things like that it
bolsters the leader and gives him an enemy to rally his people against. Saddam
and Castro were very effective in using this tactic. Just be friendly and
trade with all. That's how we turned Vietnam around.

> If the US can come aboard with this sort of mentality... and it
> finally stops it's hypocracy by supporting a two state solution in
> practice.....then we can go after the troublemakers in the middle east
> together rather than sniping at each other. (hopefully without the
> need for missiles). I think many moderate Muslims are sick of their
> own violent extremists too but they need to know that they can work
> with us to ferret them out.

Just leave them the hell alone, that's all that needs to be done. Stop
meddling. Damn socialists and globalists can't help but put their fingers in
every pie they see.

- Brian