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Old 10-22-2011, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Raellus View Post
That's something that's always struck me as hypocritical of U.S. foreign policy regarding totalitarian dictatorships-

As long as its not an anti-U.S. (or Socialist/Communist/Marxist/Maoist) regime, it's OK by us. It doesn't matter how undemocratic or brutal a regime is, as long as its in our camp. The current government in Yemen is a pretty good example, as was the Mubarek regime in Egypt up until quite recently.

Heaven forbid a country actually democratically elects a government that is not pro-U.S./capitalist... they used to end up like Allende in Chile. I think we've gotten a little less hypocritical in the last quarter century, but not by much.
It's called "Realpolitik" Raellus, and you are right, to an extent at least. Though at the risk of sounding defensive, it's unfortunately a game that just about EVERY country that has some political interest outside it's borders plays, and I honestly don't see anyone in the current crop of the United Nations winning this particular moral argument.

That, and some of the alternatives to the dictatorships the U.S. backed, now and then, werent' necessarily the friendliest sort either...
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