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All through the 1990s the left was advocating intervention in places like Haiti, Somalia, Yugoslavia and Rwanda for humanitarian reasons and nation building.
We are finally engaged in nation building and humanitarian efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our immediate withdrawal would probably lead to massive civilian casualties and a bloody sectarian war yet that is exactly what liberals are arguing for. So while they were arguing for intervention, when we had nothing to gain, a decade ago, today, they arguing against intervention when there is much to gain in terms of oil and security.
Its puzzling.
We are finally engaged in nation building and humanitarian efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our immediate withdrawal would probably lead to massive civilian casualties and a bloody sectarian war yet that is exactly what liberals are arguing for. So while they were arguing for intervention, when we had nothing to gain, a decade ago, today, they arguing against intervention when there is much to gain in terms of oil and security.
Its puzzling.
