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Originally Posted by Zunaid
Because we can and we do have a moral obligation to protect the weak and the oppressed. But what we do has to be seen to be fair and just and unequivocal.
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I can understand where you're coming from and I know your heart is in the right place, but I think US intervention in these crises have very little to do with justice and more to do with protecting national interests and interests of close allies. It's one thing to protect our own direct interests, but by going out of the way to protect the interests of some ruthless warmonger allies, the govt often crosses the line and find themselves serving the forces on the wrong side of justice. As you mentioned, our liberation war was a just cause and yet the US govt was directly supporting and supplying ammo to their Pakistani allies. This impending Syrian war one cannot help but suspect has more to do with securing Israeli interests than actually helping the oppressed or attempting to stabilize the region.