Quote Originally Posted by BlueCat
when dealing with a larger threats to the world like the soviet union WAS,(thanks ronnie,it makes total sense to back a semi-bad guy to kill the very bad guy.wise up.
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That has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. I should really be writing these down....

im sure in your lala land these types of things are way over your head,its pretty obvious why you were an art teacher.

support for bad regimes to defeat larger threats is common foreign policy.foreign policy is not a philosophy seminar.In philosophy seminars,the choice is usually between good and evil.IN THE REAL WORLD,however,the choice is often between a bad guy and a worse guy.The central principle of foreign policy is the doctrine of the lesser evil.This means that a country is always justified in supporting a bad regime to overthrow a regime that is even worse.In World War 11,for instance,the United States allied with Stalin,to oppose a manwho was an even greater threat at the time,Hitler.

By the same logic,U.S. support for despots such as Pinochet,Marcos,and the Shah of Iran was entirely defensible in the context of the cold war.The United States was fighting a larger battle against the "evil empire".Given that the Soviet empire posed the greatest threat to freedom and human rights in the world,the United States was RIGHT to attach less significance to the status of Pinochet,Marcos,and the shah as tin-pot dictatorsthan to their anti-soviet beliefs.

Are liberals incapable of the kind of practical moral reasoning that foreign policy requires.It seems they are.
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