Reply #4: Kicked, recced, still at zero.

[TheWraith]

Unfortunately, a lot of people on the left have adopted a completely knee-jerk attitude about such things: if the US did it (or lately, the entire west), it's therefore evil. Whereas if anyone else did it, it's justified. The US being invited to stage troops in Saudi Arabia is evil; Bin Laden masterminding the death of thousands is somehow justified. Same case with Libya. Using air power to help defend a city against troops ordered to purge it is evil; the guy who ordered them to purge and destroy a city of 300,000 people is justified.