How many countries are rioting/revoling so far?

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[x] Zombie.

If there is anything we should have learned by now is that US does not free midwest countries. Their people do.

It is mideast countries, and we can certainly help the people along in freeing their countries.

It's better if the US just minds its own business. You think Iraq got democracy from you but the truth is Saddam would probably be falling at the will of the Iraqi people today during the various 'jasmine' revolutions

Midwest countries lol uffda?

Yeah but imagine the bloodbath in Iraq, cause he would have used everything at his disposal against his own people.

Also, it would earn goodwill of the people whom are fighting to depose the despots.

I don't know, I think if anything it will encourage Al-Qaeda to join the fight, against the US. I hear you though, it would seem logical that we help them, but this can really backfire. The best intentions often have the worst results. At most the US should enforce no-fly zones to prevent the air attacks on protesters that Libya pioneered...

You are a proud American. What would you do if , say, Russia 'helped' you against a dictator-turned Obama?

US intervention would not help the uprising. Rather, it would give the dictators an excuse to shield in patriotism.

Last edited by Vexcalibur on 01 Mar 2011, 4:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Pfft, America is not responsible for the people of other nations, it is not our business to tell others how to live.

I like the US when it was isolationist. Many people have taken the US as a revolutionary example of freedom in the past, and now that is changing because of the over-interventionist policies of the past 100 years. The US needs to lead by example, not by intervention. That is the proper way to lead. And 'lead' even implies that the US should be at the head of the world, which I don't think, but it is certainly one of the greatest experiments in Human history, and lately is going against the doctrine of it's own creation

Yes, we are a massive country, if we wish we can support ourselves nearly completely. We have no logical way to justify interfering in the business of others when it cannot be bring ruin to us, and they have not requested our involvement.

There is a lot of fear in the US of being superseded by China. I wish more Americans would realize that the top people are practically ensuring this will happen, not necessarily through avarice, but through greed. Change will not come from the top, IMO

The U.S. stopped being isolationist with the propounding of the Monroe Doctrine.

ruveyn

One of the most lamentable things in history

Just about every third world nation is revolting.

ruveyn

Throw India on the list, though it hasn't gotten much coverage aside from Glenn Beck bringing it up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rship.html

Mauritania, Oman... for Oman they go on about how their ruler of 40-years is so wonderful because his predecessor was such a horrible monster. Sultan Said banned school and anything modern and people weren't allowed to travel outside the place where they lived and the gates of the towns were locked three hours after sunset. Everything was banned and the Sultan said his prison regime was humane because "they don't live very long" to suffer.

If you think about it most of the countries of the world are revolting.

ruveyn