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In reply to the discussion: Why do people find it necessary to defend/excuse/deny US imperialism? [View all]ieoeja
(9,748 posts)43. Korea, Vietnam, Yemen and Kosovo.
Korea - do you deny that South Koreans are far better off than they would have been under Kim rule?
Vietnam - Thailand was saved from a huge civil war because we kept the Soviets occupied in Vietnam. We could have certainly handled it better. The Navy/Marines, with over 100 years fighting and winning guerilla wars, knew to let the South Vietnamese bear the brunt of the war. Unfortunately, the Army/Air Force convinced LBJ they could win the war faster themselves.
Yemen - we stopped a Civil War in its tracks without having to fire a shot. Okay, that isn't fair as we probably had a lot to do with it starting in the first place.
Kosovo - we stopped the ethnic cleansing.
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Why do people find it necessary to defend/excuse/deny US imperialism? [View all]
redgreenandblue
Apr 2012
OP
Yes, American imperialism was in place long before Marx and ideology named it.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#38
Why do you find it necessary to defend/excuse/deny the leader of US imperialism?
aikoaiko
Apr 2012
#36
It's a bad habit leftover from McCarthyism. "You're either with us or against us" thinking.
leveymg
Apr 2012
#8
Only goes to prove: sometimes, even in spite of ourselves, we do the right thing.
leveymg
Apr 2012
#27
The right thing delayed, as in Rwanda, is the wrong thing to do. Iraq,we never did the right thing
leveymg
Apr 2012
#52
Ok. Izzy Stone would probably disagree with the "sole policy" bit, but compared to most of
leveymg
Apr 2012
#56
Not really, it's more that imperialism is used as kind of a "Two Minutes Hate."
joshcryer
Apr 2012
#42
I am more than willing to acknowledge that the U.S. has failed to live up to its standards...
ConservativeDemocrat
Apr 2012
#55