Why people hate liberals

[vraiblonde]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbc...30301&Kategori=NEWS10&Lopenr=103010151&Ref=AR

Before launching a military strike against Iraq, Americans should consider their own history to remember how powerful the mix of religion and politics can be, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) said.

"One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown," Miss Kaptur said.

Thomas Jefferson = Osama bin Laden. Thank you, Marcy - now I understand.

 

[Bruzilla]

I don't know that I would be so quick to disagree with Rep. Kaptur's comments. She brings up a couple of good points. The US does not hold an exclusive right to changing government through revolution and that's something that we do need to keep in mind when we strap on the gun and pin on the badge of global policeman.

What she fails to discuss though is the involvement of foreign governments in these disputes. For example, had France not supported the colonists the outcome of our Revolution might have been very different. The French only helped us out due to the "The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend" policy that the US has frequently used. So she can't really make the case for the US keeping out of disputes using the American Revolution as an example.

But I do agree that we need to take a close look at getting involved in disputes between neighbors and those internal to a country or involving religion. There's a difference between using our forces to resolve a problem where one country is attempting to overrun another or sieze control of an area (Iraq) and using our forces to make people with serious religious differences get along (Bosnia.)