soveirgnty as could be found. Also, it violates the people's moral right to choose their own government- nowhere have I heard a formulation
which goes 'the people have the right to choose their own government, and overthrow one which is completely unacceptable. Unless, of course, some
outsiders think that the current government is reprehensible and deserves to be overthrown, and do it on the people's behalf.'
And perhaps the Europeans are protesting the Ukrainian thing (if indeed they are. I have yet to hear of it.) because the pro-democracy groups
which are supported by the US seem to be tilting against the pro-russian candidate and towards the pro-western candidate. The Europeans are obviously
trying to counterweight the US, and what better way than to attack its chosen candidate? Not that the US meddling in elections for its own gain is
unprecedented of course.
~Maru
Gautam Mukunda wrote: <edit>
See, Doug, this is where we disagree. You have
somehow managed to convince yourself that the rest of
the world is interested in the "right thing". Large
portions of the European commentariat are opposed to
the democratic protests in the Ukraine (for example) -
largely because the US supports them - and you believe
that. I don't get it, but obviously I can't persuade
you otherwise. Was Iraq wrong because it was the
wrong thing to do (in which case why, exactly, was
overthrowing Saddam Hussein morally - as opposed to
practically - wrong?) or was it wrong because it was
unpopular? So far as I can tell you've consistently
made the second argument, but that won't really wash. A simple example is the obvious one. The most
unpopular thing that the US does - and the easiest way
for us to improve our relations with the rest of the
world - would be to turn on Israel. We could line up
with the French and say that we prefer Arab tyrannies
to Jewish democracies. If popularity is a key
criterion for you, why not advocate that? That's an
easy win for us.
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