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Originally Posted by Magic Wheel Memory
To justify sending our military into another country, there are at least two conditions that have to be met:
1. It is morally justified
2. It serves our national interest (which may include humanitarian causes)
For that reason, we can't be the world's police in every situation.
As far as our national interests are concerned, do you really think the only difference between Israel and Iraq is oil? If Israel had oil, do you believe we would overthrow their government?
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No but I do think the hypocritical attitude to a regime that detains without trial, steals land, defies the League of Nations and the United Nations thereby making a mockery of said institutions, shoots 400 children dead under the age of 14 in a two year period for throwing stones at tanks and is the running sore of the middle east causing many of the spin off problems in the region should come marginally higher up the list for invasion than that of an egomaniac with an oil field
The double standards by the US government , which consistently vetoes any criticism of the state of Israel, does more to recruit terrorism than any speech by Osama Bin Laden
As for being the worlds policemen, George Bush Senior said the US wasnt the worlds policemen and good old George W said the US were!
Someone needs to make there mind up
By the way, both your criteria for overthrowing the regime in Israel are met, its morally justified and humanitarian reasons dictate it should happen
Millions of Palestinians still in refugee camps for 40 years because Israeli "settlers" have moved onto their land?