Quote Originally Posted by kfrost06 View Post
I can certianly agree with that statement. Diplomacy should always be number one and foremost however we should be concerned what other coutries are doing and I would say we as the main superpower have a moral obligation to help the less fortunate countries out. Invasion should be a last resort and in Iraq it wasn't.
Morals are a completely subjective thing, depending on culture, region, and a number of other factors. We have no business legislating morals, or enforcing morals. Morals are a personal/individual matter.

It is no different to assume that all 190 countries of the world should preferr to live under Democracy, than it was for the Christians to assume that everyone would preferr to be a Christian during the Crusades. Same exact platform, just different ideologies being shoved down peoples throats with force and coercion.


I personally believe Democracy is a great and far superior system, and I'm glad that we have come far enough in our cultural and intellectual evolution to realise it and chose it as our system of government. But I am certainly not so arrogant as to assume that everyone wants to live under this form of government, and I certainly do not believe we are OBLIGATED to spread Democracy by force and bloodshed.