To: Gav
From: Risky
The US did overthrow the drug kingpin and dictator Noriega. According to CNN
"Few Panamanians were angered by the U.S. intervention, however, thanks to
Noriega's history of brutal repression." A recent poll showed 61% of
Panamanians wanted the US to stay involved in Panama militarily. The evil
here was that we ever supported the guy at all.
The US did not INVADE or attempt to conquor Vietnam. We (very foolishly imo)
got involved in a civil war involving Communism.
I find it odd that you blame the US for allied, multilateral attacks against
Iraq in defense of Kuwait. Iraq refused to comply with a UN requirement to
retire from Kuwait. After COALITION forces attacked, Iraq's response was to
wage environmental war on the region and attack Israel with missiles. The
COALITION attacked in January, and Sadam announced he would depart Kuwait on
Feb 26th.
I have already said that I agreed with statements that the US went overboard
in fighting communism especially when messing with other people's self
governance.
I also agree that the US and wealthy countries should be ashamed of their
protectionist trade policies.
Finally, I agree with you that the key point is that we need to avoid
imperialism and to sponsor freedom and social quality. It helps me in the
discussion though to separate out real imperialism from other national
conflicts and interactions.
thank you for the discussion,
Risky
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