Umm, preventing the spread of "evil" by using "evil" regimes as check-mate. Am I lost here?
A little. It boils down to whether we were going to let Stalin spread his evil (yes, evil) or we were going to try and establish pro-American, pro-Capitalist governments. It wasn't American priority at the time to chide our allies for any human rights violations.
As I said, the argument has fallacy when looking at it from a moralistic standpoint. But as I said, it really came down to the lesser of two evils.
Besides, thats what pisses me off about any government like ours. To be honest, we only fly the flag of human rights and "freedom" when its convenient. Thing is, the nations of Western Europe are notorius for doing this as well.
Of course, though I certainly would hold the US government to a higher standard than any other nation, and deservedly so, for the most part.
Fact is, our governments(not the same as "nations" or "countries") of America, Canada, and Western Europe tend to act whatever is in the best interest of our governments, no matter how this ranks in the scales of morality.
That's really not wholly surprising. Of course, especially in the capitalist system, it's going to be for the best survival of the country, and if some feelings are hurt, then so be it.
Double J, am I wrong on the last point? Even you gotta agree with me on that.
Of course. As a student of both US foreign policy and international politics, your statement is absolutely true, I'm not going to dispute that.
But like I said - I'm an American, and I want what is best for America.
