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Quote by: rmnunez Despite imperialist claptrap, the logic is inescapable; if international terrorists, their failed state supporters, rogue regimes in pursuit of WMDs and tyrants are targetted, as some get done the need to focus on others will become more apparent. I don't think the only outcome to result from intervention must be greater tyranny, in fact it seems less of this has resulted in the most recent cases (Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq). |
The logic is non-existant. Delusional. The real democratic revolutions whether in America, the Phillipines, Indonesia, or East Germany come from within. The British invasion and occupation of Iran in 1918 did not lead to democracy. As the US is losing the war in Iraq right now, it is not at all clear whether democracy will result. The US's loss in Vietnam did not result in a democratic regime either. The conflicts in Afghanistan and the Balkins were not in any respects preemptive, notwithstanding that their outcome isn't entirely clear either.
To suggest that the US should "intervene" in Iran is merely stupid. Iraq failed to conquer Iran and now we are losing in Iraq. Invading Iran would be a disaster in virtually evey sense.