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Originally posted by RUgreek
If the people are being suppressed so much and are being threatened with death, then there really isn't much opportunity for them to stand up and voice their dissentions with the government. Afghanistan is one of those places that violence and absolute relgious control ruined the people. If it was not for outside involvement, that country would still be under a Taliban government.
While the world hates to see the US get involved in foreign affairs, it's difficult for us not to. Foreign aid is a tough job and it can't just be a blank check and nothing else all the time. I don't think our military needs to be on the offensive, but I do think a good cause derserves our involvement.
RUgreek
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Not True at all. Russia overcame these problems. The French Revolution is another one. Haiti when they threw out the French is a example. You can also look at the peaceful resistence of the Indians under Ghandi and to a certian degree Black America's struggles here in the states. Eastern Europe breaking away from communism. Apartheid.
Sooner or later governments who treat their people wrong will fall. The people get tired of it and the saying "It's better to die on your feet then live on your knees" begins to mean something to the people. I'm sure Saddam would have gotten his sooner or later. How did we know that other Middle Eastern countries weren't tiring of his antics? I felt like Iraq wasn't our business in the first place.