Re: A serious question, rephrased
I will not quibble with the putative answers given immediately below by the Eds, Nelson and Grondine. However, Bowser has a point: it is a matter of ethics.
Is it ethical for a nation's actions in the international community to violate its own oft- and loudly-stated principles of freedom and self-determination, even if, in so doing, it claims to be fostering those very ideals?
I do not have an answer, save this: The ethics of any action, personal or national, are determined by the survivors.
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