Comment by lurk2
6 days ago
> Expecting your country to go to war for your private interests is ridiculous.
At the risk of coming across as flippant: Why? I don’t think the math has worked out on most peer conflicts during the past hundred years. The cost of the operation has likely already exceeded the value of whatever infrastructure was left in Venezuela to be reclaimed. But why should we expect courts and bailiffs to enforce the law domestically and not expect soldiers to enforce it internationally?
Maybe because war is terrible and no one wants it? Especially if it means protecting private companies’ revenues.
There is always a cost/benefit done for these decisions, it is never as simple as "war as terrible so we just shouldn't do war."
The benefits definitely do not accrue to you, though. There is no direct or indirect benefit to you supporting the invasion of another country where you can now bomb locals with impunity.