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In reply to the discussion: Russ Feingold: Conflict in Mali shows US needs greater engagement in Africa [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)7. If we are arming these, perhaps/perhaps not, freedom fighters, directly or indirectly, why should
the local powers that be destabilize themselves, politically and economically, to go get them and put an end to this stuff? If that's how politics is done in their countries and we are messing with that for our own reasons, how can we expect the indigenous leadership to do anything about it? Even if they could "succeed" perhaps there's a price for that that they choose not to pay.
I think a basic driver to how we are "the policemen of the world" is the fact that we are arming the world. Maybe Russ Feingold is a realist about this, hence, selective support for drones, but I'd bet also that his position is against our "Fast and Furious" assault weapons and other arms' markets around the world.
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Russ Feingold: Conflict in Mali shows US needs greater engagement in Africa [View all]
ellisonz
Jan 2013
OP
"engagement"? Does the last paragraph in this excerpt include the possibility of drones ifnecessary?
patrice
Jan 2013
#1
If we are arming these, perhaps/perhaps not, freedom fighters, directly or indirectly, why should
patrice
Jan 2013
#7
Peace is not served by people being attacked and killed, even if we are just the innocent bystanders
patrice
Jan 2013
#19
Thanks for the info. I bet that "business" model is not that uncommon & pretty marketable outside of
patrice
Jan 2013
#28
Remembering what looked recently an awful lot like test-marketing to me: Kony 2012. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#8
dear Russ, don your uniform, pack yer bags, and drag your own butt over there to fight ok? nt
msongs
Jan 2013
#13
We DO use and GET USED in return. Is that inevitable, or is that more obsolete paradigm stuff
patrice
Jan 2013
#25
I think there is GREAT potential to get used if we're the "policemen of the world" & then there are
patrice
Jan 2013
#29
Getting involved in civil wars has worked so well in....Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan,......
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#17