From 'There are no Sunglasses'
By Aaron Kroeber
''For a country based on republicanism and certain democratic principles,
it is odd that we seem to ignore the fact that no one elected us as the
world’s policeman. We carry out many of our operations under the
auspices of NATO, or (though increasingly rarely) with the permission of
the UN Security Council, but neither is a globally representative
organization, neither is elected democratically. We have endowed
ourselves with universal jurisdiction in ‘liberation’ where we see fit
and the right to decide how other nations should be ruled. Democracy is
important in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Egypt, in Libya, and in Syria, but
only if they elect people we approve of, and it certainly isn’t
important in Saudi Arabia. It isn’t our job to dictate democracy to
other countries, and it certainly shouldn’t be our job to bomb.''
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