Comment by izietto

14 hours ago

Maybe because nobody believes in the "exporting democracy" excuse anymore

> nobody believes in the "exporting democracy" excuse

Has this been argued?

  • That’s the Bush doctrine! A belief that you can invade a country, remove the power center, and democracy will spring forth. You don’t even need to speak the local language, read any books about the country you’re attacking, or talk to any locals! Just go for it and democracy will magically spring into existence.

  • Not directly but OP seemed to intuit some sort of moral justification for this war of aggression ("humanitarian reasons"), and few people believe that to be a key motivating factor for the White House.

    • > Not directly but OP seemed to intuit some sort of moral justification for this war of aggression

      There is an absolute moral justification for this war. Saying that US is the aggressor here is an absolute revisionism of history. Let us not pretend that Islamic Republic minded its own business since its inception, and suddenly the US and Israel decided to wage war on it.

      One example of IR's aggression is Beirut bombing in 1983 sponsored and planned by IR.

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