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Originally posted by: ricarleite
The US fought in the WW2 on the right side, along with Canada, Australia, England, South America, and the Russian Red Army, who had the biggest losses in war and reached Berlin first, freeing Poland on the way. Despite of that, some people still think that WW2 justifies pretty much every military action.
Since socialism isn't the cause for interventions, I asume the only real need for an intervention is when the people is taken by a dictator that imposes suffering on its people. Take Hitler for an example, the nazi party was absolutely not socialist. And yet... why sometimes actions are taken to make sure the dictators are getting stronger? The Iran-Iraq war as an example, the south americans miliraty dictatorship as another example... Take Idi Amin Dada for an example, the dictator of Uganda during the 1970s. He killed and brutalized his people, he had strong relations with the soviets, he freaking ATE his enemies... and yet, absolutely no country at all moved one finger to take him out. You know who took Idi Amin Dada from power? Tanzania. When Uganda invaded Tanzania, the army from that country not only fought back, but actually invaded Uganda and disposed Idi Amin...
And in some cases, like in south america, the socialist parties were not even controlling the nations, there were absolutely no communist seizes of power, there was only democracy and freedom,and yet brutal military dictatorships were installed...
The reason the Red Army took the most losses is because their tactics were horrific, not to mention that their leadership placed absolutely no value on the lives of individual soldiers (end result of socialist "equality").
Socialism as a theory in and of itself is not the only reason for intervention. It's the implementation that's the problem.
In regards to your comments about Nazi Germany: the Nazis were born from a group called the National Socialist Worker's Party. Facism is the bastard child of socialism. They both result in state control of the economy.
In regards to intervention anywhere: Unless the threat is on our backdoor, meaning Mexico (which is a threat)or Canada or Russia due to it's proximity to Alaska, we've got no business doing anything but securing our own borders and protecting our own jobs and economy. To quote Pat Buchannan, this is "...a Republic, NOT an empire". Too many of our politicians have gone beyond worrying about our own problems.