"Western" "intervention": good or bad?

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"Western" "intervention": good or bad?

Hello all,

I have recently seen several people on Twitter advocate a position that whatever US or any western country does is always evil and wrong and therefore all people from other countries rightly have unlimited grievances towards us.

Twitter is not a place for discussion, so I came here instead. What do you guys think, are interventions ever good? I am not asking whether or not they are always good, but are they ever justified?

Is the war in Afghanistan justified or should we just let Taliban and ISIS battle it out between themselves?

Is it good to help Iraqi army retake Mosul or should we just let ISIS keep it because air strikes kill innocent people?

So, what intervention do you think is justified or are they all bad? If you think they are all bad, what about when US is blamed for not intervening like in Rwanda?

I would be really interested to read some of your opinions, because we are a really diverse bunch here. :-)

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LogicFTW's picture
I think there are times where
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I know of one case where
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Pijo,
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Thank you for providing a
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Pijo,
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Oh come on! Europe is the
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Thank you for considering
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@Pijo: A silly question, Why
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Thank you for your view on
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I travel a lot and spent a
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In the case of Afghanistan we
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@xenoview: And here we start

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What are you talking about.
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According to several middle
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@xenoview: Qatar has the
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Yes I read the article. So
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@xenoview: But a photo of a

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Thank you for the links.
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@xenoview: You're welcome.
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US certainly has a problem
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