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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
The decision to clean out and disinfect these abscesses in the global body politic is a good choice.....
It is an act of great compassion to lift oppression's yoke, and one should not disapprove of such compassion....
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It may also be counter-productive if one does not consider the unintended consequences.
In the case of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq:
* the worst refugee crisis in the Middle East in 50+ years....with more than 4 million displaced persons, more than 1 million of whom, are left to live in refugee camps or in slums in neighboring Jordan and Syria.Five years into the US military intervention in Iraq, the country is dealing with one of the largest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. Millions of Iraqis have fled their homes – either for safer locations within Iraq, or to other countries in the region – and are living in increasingly desperate circumstances. Failure to address the needs of Iraqis will have dramatic impacts on security inside Iraq
http://www.refugeesinternational.org...ddle-east/iraq
* political alignments than strengthen the most dangerous force in the region (Iran). Most recently: Major Shiite parties with close links to Iran announced a new coalition Monday that excludes Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a development that appears to make him the underdog in the coming national elections.
If the new coalition remains intact and secures a majority of parliamentary seats in the Jan. 16 vote, Iraq's next government probably will be run by leaders with deep ties to Iran....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082400647.html
How do either of these consequences further democracy and stability in the region?
Beyond the Iraq debacle, if the cause is so just, why not "lift the yoke of oppression" and invade and occupy North Korea? Myanmar? Cuba? Zimbabwe?
US should support internal democratic movements....not create them by force of invasion and occupation.