Simple answer

Posted by rpnolet on 01-25-2008 in United States Intervention

I started to reply to this and I launched into a long diatribe on the constitution and the founding fathers, but then I realized that the bottom line is that our government should act in it's own best interests. The U.S. must protect the interests of it's citizens.

This will inevitably raise the hackles of many, but let me take this logic to it's conclusion before you vilify me.

To act in a nations best interest must by default take into account the future posterity of it's population and as such it's current actions must be balanced against the ramifications. Logic dictates that unnecessary "bullying" or purely materialistic motives are not self serving in the long run and must be avoided. If these actions are not avoided then inevitably another agent will force the correction, by force or coercion.

Today we live in a global community and the reactions of the earths other inhabitants, both human and non-human must be addressed in every action we make, both personal and social. The realization that the greatest good is in fact the same as our own best interests is a vital part of this argument.

We will all be better off when we understand how intertwined our fates are.