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Besides what drives the world is not military force but economic globalization, and who are the prime promoters of that. Three guess and it ain't Andorra or Albania. Isolation is no longer an option. At least the US has a strong military to back itself up.
As for govt caving to terrorist actions, it is easy to take the high road but who knows. Ho country is immune. Even the US pulled out of Beirut, Somalia, and a lessor extent Vietnam. They learned the hard way to stay. Canada did not pull out of Cyprus (1974), Yugo (our own hostage), or the Middle East when a plane full of peace keepers was shot down. Today who knows. I bet the Berg family would have moved heaven and earth to get him home. To the point of pulling out of Iraq, who know, but in retrospect, the is a good chance they would have, only to get him back. There is already a small vocal minority who would pull the US out of Iraq because the price is too high.
And if a country joins the US in Iraq, not because of idealogy, but they rather reap the benefits of being for instead of against, what price is too high?
If it was your sibling, parent, or spouse, are you willing to say they can be sacrificed for the greater good. If so, you are a better person then me.
As for govt caving to terrorist actions, it is easy to take the high road but who knows. Ho country is immune. Even the US pulled out of Beirut, Somalia, and a lessor extent Vietnam. They learned the hard way to stay. Canada did not pull out of Cyprus (1974), Yugo (our own hostage), or the Middle East when a plane full of peace keepers was shot down. Today who knows. I bet the Berg family would have moved heaven and earth to get him home. To the point of pulling out of Iraq, who know, but in retrospect, the is a good chance they would have, only to get him back. There is already a small vocal minority who would pull the US out of Iraq because the price is too high.
And if a country joins the US in Iraq, not because of idealogy, but they rather reap the benefits of being for instead of against, what price is too high?
If it was your sibling, parent, or spouse, are you willing to say they can be sacrificed for the greater good. If so, you are a better person then me.