Reply #40: I feel a true liberal would have voted for the Iraq War [View All]

[MAlibdem]

A tenet of liberalism since the French Revolution is that in order for democracy and human rights to survive, they have to be actively spread throughout the world.

Two ways to do this:
1. Provide humanitarian aid to other countries (we don't do this enough)

2. Overthrow despots around the world and hold plebiscites (we do this poorly, but see Haiti as an example which could have worked if we stayed more engaged and backed it up with more humanitarian assistance).


Defense Department encourages #2, State #1, both are overseen by a moron who has a corrupted view of the goal (that economic liberty comes before political liberty).