BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - OT for Conservatives who think war is grand

On 13 Jan 2004 14:41:46 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

We have no business making a decision about what will be best for the
society
of some other nation. They have right to self determination.

Not under the oppressive rule of a tyrannical dictator. That's why wee
need to "help" them to this goal.

And who decides that a government is oppressive, tyrannical, or dictatorial?

By what standards?

That should be fairly obvious. When the rights of the citizens of a
particular country are oppressed to the point where they live in fear
for their lives if they happen to inadvertently break some strange
"law", then I'd say that that government qualifies.

Also, if the leader of said country invades another country for the
sole purpose of taking it over and subjugating the population for his
own benefit, then that also qualifies. If the country also takes an
aggressive policy of amassing a large arsenal of weapons with the
intent to use them (domestically or otherwise), then I'd say that
qualifies as well.

Dave