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I guess the heart of the issue is should other (larger) countries become involved in civil wars? I know it has been done. The US has protected Taiwan (formerly Formosa) from invasion by Communist China. If the answer is yes, then what justifications are ethically fitting? To site your example of running the blockade would be for economical reasons - Britain needed cotton. In Libya, others have suggested Europe needs the oil. The UN and Obama cite humanitarian reasons of protecting civilians - which I suspect is not the real answer either.Is there a God given right that a country has the right to fight a civil war without the interference from foreign countries? After all, it is Libyans fighting Libyans to determine the future of their country. The fact that we are all rooting for the rebels doesn't mean we should tilt the playing field, does it?
I guess the heart of the issue is should other (larger) countries become involved in civil wars? I know it has been done. The US has protected Taiwan (formerly Formosa) from invasion by Communist China. If the answer is yes, then what justifications are ethically fitting?
To site your example of running the blockade would be for economical reasons - Britain needed cotton. In Libya, others have suggested Europe needs the oil. The UN and Obama cite humanitarian reasons of protecting civilians - which I suspect is not the real answer either.
Is there a God given right that a country has the right to fight a civil war without the interference from foreign countries? After all, it is Libyans fighting Libyans to determine the future of their country. The fact that we are all rooting for the rebels doesn't mean we should tilt the playing field, does it?
