Mayor Snorkum
Banned
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2011
- Messages
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- Location
- Los Angeles
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
Re: White House: Limited Role in Libya Means No Need to Get Congressional Authorizati
Oh, certainly, when the other nation is a totalitarian despotism. That is not a legitimate government selected by the people, and if the despot can ascend his throne by force of arms, he has no moral basis for objecting when someone else uses force of arms to pull him down.
Democracies cannot legitimately war against each other for the purpose of overthrowing governments, but any democracy can, quite legitimately, elect to overthrow any dictatorship. That's if, of course, the democratic process is used to promote and engage the war. By exceeding the 60 day limit, the "President" is stepping outside the democratic process and showing himself to be a despot, not an official subject to the laws of the nation.
Does the US or any other country have the right to determine who is in charge of another nation? ..if, so why?
Oh, certainly, when the other nation is a totalitarian despotism. That is not a legitimate government selected by the people, and if the despot can ascend his throne by force of arms, he has no moral basis for objecting when someone else uses force of arms to pull him down.
Democracies cannot legitimately war against each other for the purpose of overthrowing governments, but any democracy can, quite legitimately, elect to overthrow any dictatorship. That's if, of course, the democratic process is used to promote and engage the war. By exceeding the 60 day limit, the "President" is stepping outside the democratic process and showing himself to be a despot, not an official subject to the laws of the nation.