.. Yes, we “want to improve the world” when our politicians and media manipulate us. And then what happens? .. Our troops bleed and die to turn a secular dictatorship in Iraq into a Shiite dictatorship using secret prisons, secret police, torture, and rape—a place where Christians flee from and where Al Qaeda is able to use as a base for the first time. Or we bomb Libya and turn a secular dictatorship into an Al Qaeda warzone .. The world would be better off if we were more “selfish.” Every time our leaders rev us up to not “stand by and let evil happen,” they are equally eager to ignore and cover the evil created by their bombs and bullets—not least the evil suffered by our own troops
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 06:09:02 +0000