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Originally Posted by Jake7777
I don't know of any legal theory which justifies U.S. foreign policy by this analogy. There's certainly not one in international law.
Which foreign policy are you referring to:
The liberation of Europe and the 67 year commitment to its defense and reconstruction?
The stopping of genocide in the Balkans?
The liberation and 60 year defense of South Korea?
The nurturing of democracy in Japan after vanquishing its murderous monarchy?
The liberation of >50,000,000 from tyranny in Iraq and Afghanistan and giving their peoples a chance at democracy? (I'm assuming you think the systems installed in those countries are preferred to the reigns of Saddam and the Taliban?)
Even the misguided and half assed attempt at defending liberty in SE Asia?
I'm guessing the world is a far better place due to American foreign policy over the last century........
Imagine the counter factual history with America embracing the isolationist feelings of Charles Lindbergh in the 1930's and sitting behind our 2 oceans and watching the world go by. Not a very pretty thought for out European and Asian friends, ehhhh?