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Old 02-21-2011, 03:58 PM   #39
9Goarveboofe

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Well, the funny thing is... That's more honest.

If we were more candid about what our real interests in foreign policy were, I think we'd get more respect in some ways.

When we try to paint our involvements as spreading freedom (as we historically have tended to), it always rings hollow as soon as someone points out whatever dictator we're propping up at the time.
As I edited in while you were posting. "It's only coincidental that their current position happens to be true, that the the State always did what it thought was best for the State, but they'll go back to singing the praises of democracy if it becomes convenient."
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