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by laklak » Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:45 pm
Regime change. Isn't that what we've done for the last couple thousand years, species-wise? Don't like what's going on over there, starting to cause problems at home? Change 'em up. Put somebody in charge who's more amenable to your interests.
'Murikans have been doing it for a long time, and we cut our teeth in Central and South America so it's known terrain. It's always been an issue, remember the Monroe Doctrine and the Alamo and all that. Spanish-American War, Mexican War, United Fruit Company, Nicaragua, Panama, and Send the Marines!
Problem is, it's not the 1800s or even the 1980s, we just can't go in there and pay off the rebels or shore up the dictator without pissing everybody else off. Maybe the Marshall Plan wasn't such a good idea, eh? I jest. Sort of.
So yeah, I think we need to intervene in some way, but I'm not even sure who "we" are any more. Lots of ins, lots of out, lots of what-have-yous. Is it any business of the Chinese? How about Vlad and Co.? Maybe it's a big UN thing but hell, look at their track record, doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Once we figure out who we are we'll have to figure out what we should do. Imagine that conference call. I'm not holding my breath, to be honest.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.