Is leftism pro-Islam?

[Jake]

BRTD himself loves a host of anti-American dictators and future dictators. See Chavez, Morales, etc

[Jake]

What it means is that my country doesn't trump my support for human rights, for example it means I still think Pinochet is scum (dazzleman once said I was anti-American for hating him).  dazzleman also said he considers the Saudi Royals better than Hugo Chavez and judges them ONLY on how well they get along with the US, while I say Chavez is far better because he doesn't run a theocratic police state.

The only way to judge a nation outside our borders is on how the support the US. I see no reason to whine and cry about people in Saudi Arabia as long as the oil continues to pump. Now, if the oil doesn't continue to pump out of Venezuela, we have a responsibility to shoot Chavez and replace him with someone pro-American.

[Jake]

The IRA does not oppose any significant US interest. Fighting to break away from an ally impacts us not at all.

Depends on whether they were infringing on any specific US interest. Hypothetically, lets say we're talking about an Iraqi government of the late 1980s. Let's say their relations with the US are amicable. If Hussein continued to oppress his people, we would have no immediate reason to go to war, unless a critical interest, oil, support against the Soviets (or terrorism if the situation was current), etc were threatened.

To put it in a way that will penetrate your thick head, the US has a responsibility to protect our interests overseas. For now they include, but aren't limited to, oil, basis to fight terrorism, support for Israel and Taiwan, overseeing Korea's defense, keeping dangerous states from developing nuclear weapons. Certainly there are others. If we fail to protect those interests, we have failed in our responsibilities.

[Jake]

We have a responsibility??? please...that kind of idiotic thinking got us into Iraq. We do not even have the right to interfere in other countries' affairs, let alone the responsibility.

Why's that?