Originally posted by Battle Pope@Sep 7 2005, 11:37 AM
Okay, but what delusion makes you think WE have the RIGHT TO DO IT?
Whats gives anyone the right to do anything? Everyone's system of beliefs is different so of course there is going to be a conflict of interest. Power gives "the right" to do things when it all boils down.
As far as answering the question above, what makes the United States THINK we have have the RIGHT TO DO IT is the framework laid by the founding fathers. This country was based on helping people in need, as well as other countries that we deemed in need. The government's foreign policy was outlined this way simply because if it were not for the French's help than the United States would not be a country currently, in return the founding fathers pledged in lesser terms to be the big brother of all those in need. This point is illustrated not just in the Middle East but in all foreign countries that we have our hands in. We GIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, ONE EXAMPLE BEING AFRICA, AND YET WE STILL HAVE AMERICANS STARVING ON THE STREETS. I hear very little people complain about this, yet they complain about the war in the middle east when its the exact same concept. We are in the Middle East to free those peoples and allow them to live the democratic lifestyle that we cherish so greatly, even if its not what the people want.