Thank you for somewhat clarifying your position here and in your posts to wegs. Let me also say I am not a happy capitalist either, I lean more towards a mixture of non exploitative capitalism (small to medium size businesses and nothing or no one to big to fail) and socialism. American involvement should be and I hope IS about upholding what modern civilization sees as abhorrent and inhumane and has no interest in anything other than that. Does America go to war just for humanitarian reasons?
quinnsong, I hope you realize that it is really hard to accurately state ones true position on any critically "deep" subject on-line, for me at least. I grew up learning to communicate "face-to-face" - where you get immediate "feedback" and can tell from peoples expressions and body language if they are actually "getting it" or if you inadvertently "strike a nerve".
Cannot do that on these Forums!
Hey, before I forget - as far as Posters "somewhat clarifying" their positions - check out ^^Post #618^^ above. There is a link at the top of it that says originally Posted by me, that I actually "copy/pasted" from another Thread on this Forum from Sept. 1st.
The Poster of #618 seems to be "somewhat clarifying" their position - you should find it interesting!!!
Now as far as: "Does America go to war just for humanitarian reasons?"
If you are anything like me at all - then you can probably understand when I say that I would really, really x 100 times, really hope that we would...
Do not know if you have ever heard the expression - Actions speak louder than words.
Nowadays, it seems kind of like : Words = ...quick...surgical strikes...shock and awe...in and out...3 to 4 days...a week tops...!
Then : Action = ...weeks...months...known unknowns...here too...more...weeks...months...unknown unknowns...there too...stay until trained...weeks...months...troop surges...!
Then, more : Words = ...never said that...finish the job...more terrorists...over there now...he started it, but I will end it...war on terrorism...I repeat, I never said that...won't be finished until...troops home by...can't stop now...must remain vigilant...!
Way back earlier in this Thread - probably first few pages, I stated about the push to go into Syria - we were sold that "fraudulent Bill of Goods" before - seemed like Humanitarian Reasons by the words...Heck, don't I remember George W., #43, on a flight deck under a banner reading "Mission Accomplished"? Yet, somehow that "Action" is still not finished - and look at all that "Humanitarian Aid" that the people of Iraq and Afghanistan are still getting!
But, from what I understand, it is just me, dmoe, the "Bigoted, Racist, anti-Semitic, Supremacist..." that imagines all of that!
Like wegs says...rant