There's a discussion about the attack on our embassy in Libya and the murder of our Ambassador during which sexobon held forth on the subject, especially regarding the difference in the United States' actions toward a foreign government and a foreign population. It is brilliant. The
thread and
his post all deserve to be read but this part is pure epiphany for me. Thank you sexobon.
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Originally Posted by sexobon
In countries with dictatorships, the general population may not have that influence on their leaders; so, we've decided that other governments can be segregated from their general populations and targeted separately. We didn't win a war with Iraq, just with its government.
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