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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Really? I can think of a number of other countries that couldnt find their way against worse tyrannies and bullies than the ones that Israel faces.
Why didnt we help the people of Cambodia against Pol Pot or there oppressive neighbors? All we did was bomb them.
Why didnt we help all of those eastern bloc countries in the fifties when all they had were rocks?
Why dont we help the palestinians whose land is being constantly encroached upon by...Israeli settlers????LOL
Why dont we help some of the neighbors to china?
Why is all of this money pouring into Israel?
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It's simply not possible for the US to be a one stop solution to every despotic regime. If ideology alone is your guide you'll end up being pushed into entanglements everywhere in the world at once that would surely bankrupt us. This one solution fits all approach is reckless and could lead to horrible results. When the bullies and tyrants are actually clients of nuclear powers you do not rush in to topple these regimes unless you're ready for an all out world war. No, foreign policy has to be more pragmatic using policies crafted specifically for the situation especially when it comes under the spheres of influence of China and the former Soviet Union.
Supporting Israel like we have is cheap and effective compared to the alternatives. This was not an option in the fifties in eastern europe.
And supporting China's neighboring states like we do Israel, just because we do not like everything China does, is not an option at this point unless we just want to chuck our entire relations with China. No we're in an ecomomic war with China and we need for our own benefit to be engaged with them directly and not trying to set a neighboring state against them.
There are always bullies and thugs around and sometimes there are no better solutions than to be cozy with them for strategic reasons. Its not always clear what the better alternative is and sitting on the sideline without a chip in the game or any influence has it's drawbacks as well.
That's my $.02 anyway.