Friday 18 March 2011

The Benefit of Non-Interference

It was Michel de Montaigne in 1580 who said something along the lines of 'I cannot control the world and events so therefore I control myself' and so I think i'll do that rather than ranting about the West's perpetual invasions that always end up causing greater harm than they could possibly prevent. With Libya, I simply believe that it is up to Libyans to work out their problems. It's an imperfect calculation but far less imperfect than a horrific invasion and the inevitable destruction of a society (see Iraq and Afghanistan). Libyans have to work out their issues and external force doesn't really work. Foreign armies don't 'do peace'.The same goes for Korea...the North and the South must work out their disunity for themselves. It's no good to have such massive interference from 'great defenders' because after 50 years its worse than it was when it was divided by the 'great defenders' of each. Koreans north and south are blood brothers and Im sure there will be some blood spilled in accepting each other and working things out, but its no one elses business.

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