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Old 01-18-2005, 04:19 PM   #10
russotto
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Another way of putting that is:

Is it the responsibility of the US to invade every dictatorship and take custody?
Obviously not. Which doesn't mean the US might not have reason to invade any particular dictatorship.

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Because once we do, the welfare of its people is absolutely our responsibility.
For a time, at least. I'd argue, "not indefinitely". But to say that if the US govt actually cared about the Iraqi people it would have left them to Saddam seems a bit perverse.
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