to intervene or not? when and why?

Submitted by peter Legur (Israel), Jun 19, 2012 at 05:59

Why does the US have a massive military power abroad if not to intervene some times for self interest or pursued moral aims? It's not clear if the US should have gone into Iraq and Afghanistan, and stayed out of the Congo. But the murder of citizens by a leader in an organized campaign, seems justified and ultimately in our interest in a safer more stable world.

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