Genocide aside (which is a good point), the fact remains that, with both Klaatu and Bush, you have greater powers fucking around in the affairs of lesser but still sovereign powers "with the best of intentions," and regardless of whether it works out well or not (although it usually doesn't - see also: Vietnam), there's an excellent argument to be made that the greater powers shouldn't be getting involved in the first place. This is the 21st century, and whether you're supposedly defending human rights, free market capitalism or the environment, asserting your right to overthrow another nation's self-determination smacks of White Man's Burden.
Why the fuck should we have to play GloboCop in Bosnia and Israel and everywhere else anyway? With all our best intentions, we haven't accomplished shit, except making all sides involved mad at us, too, so fuck 'em - let 'em sort their shit out for themselves, so that they can't blame us when they fuck themselves over (which they will ALWAYS do).
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Date: 2008-12-05 09:38 pm (UTC)Why the fuck should we have to play GloboCop in Bosnia and Israel and everywhere else anyway? With all our best intentions, we haven't accomplished shit, except making all sides involved mad at us, too, so fuck 'em - let 'em sort their shit out for themselves, so that they can't blame us when they fuck themselves over (which they will ALWAYS do).