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**Annewsded** · 08-29-2012, 10:32 PM

Oh, surely you're not suggesting that these wars are fought at the behest of arms suppliers?

I mean, they wouldn't go fight, say, Libya as a way to show off their latest hardware or anything. Certainly not to get paid for hundreds of million-dollar Tomahawk cruise missiles. That would never happen, would it?

I'd have to agree with Blue Doggy on some of his points.

Police actions, more often than not, eventually escalate into wars. Once the escalation occurs, you can't expect civilians to be spared.

That's probably the biggest problem that the civilian public has with regard to perceiving war. There is no military intervention that doesn't end up killing at least a few civilians.

So, when various people (on both the left and right) advocate interventionism, they really shouldn't be surprised when civilians die in the process. Even left-leaning publications like the Guardian had some columnists advocate our intervention in Libya, only to have several complaints of innocents dying a week or so later.

In short, the world needs to make up its mind about this stuff. Either stop requesting our intervention in anything, or deal with the collateral when it inevitably happens.

You can't have it both ways, and that unfortunately seems to be what some people expect out of foreign policy.

08-29-2012, 10:32 PM	#28
Annewsded Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	Oh, surely you're not suggesting that these wars are fought at the behest of arms suppliers? I mean, they wouldn't go fight, say, Libya as a way to show off their latest hardware or anything. Certainly not to get paid for hundreds of million-dollar Tomahawk cruise missiles. That would never happen, would it? I'd have to agree with Blue Doggy on some of his points. Police actions, more often than not, eventually escalate into wars. Once the escalation occurs, you can't expect civilians to be spared. That's probably the biggest problem that the civilian public has with regard to perceiving war. There is no military intervention that doesn't end up killing at least a few civilians. So, when various people (on both the left and right) advocate interventionism, they really shouldn't be surprised when civilians die in the process. Even left-leaning publications like the Guardian had some columnists advocate our intervention in Libya, only to have several complaints of innocents dying a week or so later. In short, the world needs to make up its mind about this stuff. Either stop requesting our intervention in anything, or deal with the collateral when it inevitably happens. You can't have it both ways, and that unfortunately seems to be what some people expect out of foreign policy.
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