Originally posted by: ricarleite

The only reason for creating wars is economical.

Ric, do you honestly believe this?

I don't support any dictatorship, but as Obi Jee said, there is a matter of threat assessement. The United States, a super-power though it may be, does not have unlimited resources or unlimited resolve. The dictator ships of South America don't present a direct threat to the United States, not in the way the Middle East does. The United States can't fix everything, but I sincerely believe that Iraq was and Iran, and North Korea are problems we MUST start tackling.

As for why we've supported some dictators? Two things. One, hindsight is 20/20, and two, the old addage about the lesser of two evils. At the time we supported Hussein, he was the lesser of two evils in the minds of the leaders of the US. In the 21st century, things changed; there is no USSR (at the moment at least), and the greatest threat to the lives of Americans and other peaceful nations is concentrated in the Middle East, in the form of terrorist organizations and Islamofacist dictatorships.

It seems to me like you're trying to make everything black and white. It never is in international politics. No nation is 100% good, but in the case of the war on terror, there are nations whose leadership is 100% evil, and in that case it should be completely clear where the enemy is.