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<For instance, Saddam is small potatoes compared to the slaughters which are occuring in Africa. American outrage at Saddam would seem hypocritical to a Rwandan watching the US not care what happens there.
I agree that if we decide to set ourselves up as the World Policeman, an idea that makes me uncomfortable, but seems inevitable, then we had damn well better be consistent about it. Whether this is actually possible is another matter.