We should stop invading countries to install new governments.[/b] It doesn't even work out in a cynical realpolitik way. That's a perfectly libertarian position, don't you think?
In the case of Afghanistan that is not really the reason we wound up there to start with. Further, I doubt that had the aged King or Rabbani been not pressured to stand aside and were selected at the 2002 Loya Jirga that things would be much better.
The Bush Doctrine is exactly the reason we went there. It took us 10 years to find Bin Laden, but in the meantime we DID quickly overthrow Afghanistan's government and put Karzai in power.
I'm not defending the previous Afghan government, but it is not our place to go overthrowing one government to install another. Bringing 10 years of war to Afghanistan has not helped them. Karzai is no a good leader.
Do you think it's a positive thing to constantly be invading other countries to overthrow their leaders and prop up our own puppets? That is largely the reason WHY we have to deal with terrorism in the first place, our support for dictators in the muslim world and our military interventions there.
It's best to just not invade countries whenever we goddamn please.
Can't believe that seems like a radical position
