Originally posted by
Shasown
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Besides it would be educational for a lot of the worlds youths to go out in the world, travel to exciting new places they probably would never have the chance to visit, meet new people and see new cultures, then shoot the **** out of them.
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Lol - with a bit of paraphrasing that would make a good recruitment poster!
Seriously though your point that we should intervene in other countries' internal affairs to stabilise certain regions is a fair point, but it still begs the question "In whose best interests" would a certain outcome be? I don't think it's always about doing the moral thing, but the expedient thing and not all parties would see events in the same way. It is no surprise that the West are so hated in the Middle East, since it cannot be denied that some of the wars in which we choose to involve ourselves are more to do with self interest than altruism.
I would also dispute whether it is our moral duty to try and impose western style democracy, (which has taken centuries to evolve), virtually overnight onto cultures whose people have lived under very different political regimes.
I agree that the cost for involvement in a conflict should be footed by the UN in some way, particularly if that involvement is going to benefit all members.