What’s the dealio with other-side-of-the-globe countries and dictators all of a sudden?
When did it become fashionable to go to the streets in protest? Sudan, Yemen, Egypt and now Lybia.
Did all these dictators just decide to violate the human rights of their subjects? Or have the abuses been going on for quite some time.
When does the United States decide to get involved?
Why is it that the United States feels that it needs to get involved anyway?
Who in the United States makes this call? (I hope it is not our wimpy Commander In Chief by his lonesome.)
If our federal government feels that it is our role to aid those who are having their civil rights violated, then why didn’t we do something before the folks took to the streets?
Why aren’t we stirring debate and leading the charge against the present-day dictators in North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Equatorial Guinea and other oppressing regimes? (The answer is an easy one as far as China and Saudi Arabia go....)
As they say, “It’s politics, man.....it’s all politics.”
I feel for all those people who, by mere geographical births and timing, happen to live in places where they incur the wrath of egomaniacal rulers. However, from a practical standpoint (as well as an economic one), the United States cannot play good guy in the white hat all over the world. Or is Obama trying to set a record to see how many conflicts he can engage our troops in at the same time?
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