You are correct in as much as your definition of "us" is as you mean "us" to be.Cynic Hero 86 wrote:We went to war with Nazi Germany and Japan historically because Japan attacked us at pearl harbor and then Hitler's Germany declared war on us several days later and sent the U-Boats fleet to sink as many American Ships as possible with some ships being sunk within sight of New York Harbor.Guest wrote:So according to you Hitler and his band of Nazis should have been allowed to exterminate all the Jews, Gypsies, blind, deaf, crippled, and other undesirables in Germany as long as they didn't invade any other country. According to you also, any nation should be allowed to commit any measure of brutality, atrocity, or genocide as long as it doesn't cross international borders.CH86 wrote:An established principle of international relations is that no nation has the right to dictate how another nation conducts business within their own borders.
I disagree. It is the right and duty of a free nation to intervene in the affairs of another nation to prevent or end a clear and great evil. It is not only Boomers that say this: I am Gen X.
If Hitler had merely did his actions (the holocaust) within Germany itself while having a benign attitude toward the US and granting American businesses trade favoritism within Germany, then yes we should maintain peace and good relations with the Nazis. In this scenario they are not killing Americans or threatening us, why would we go to war with Germany in this hypothetical scenario?
But what happens when "us" also includes "The West"?
..suddenly "we" are threatened and being killed, and have reason to go to war.
Countries have allies. Are allies sometimes "a bad or inconvenient idea"? Sometimes. Are allies sometimes "a good idea"? Sometimes.
Everyone's got an opinion. Just make the case, or not, if you do, or don't, want to change whatever it is that you'd like changed regarding "allies" of your country.
Aloha! <shaka!>