I don't know. But if I genuinely wanted to help people, I wouldn't be so quick to make deals with other dictators that end up also unhelping people elsewhere. That's something far easier to do for someone who is out to serve self interest, rather than someone who sincerely wants to help people.Simon_Jester wrote:What would you do, Shroomy, if you were given power over the US and sincerely wanted to help people in this situation? I'm curious.
Why? You're curious?
Because the situation there in the Middle East (and Africa), and those Arab League nations the USA is dealing with and placating with by bashing Bahrain, has been caused by decades of people insincerely wanting to 'help' non-people in this situation by acting entirely in their own interests rather than Thanas' morality. This is another continuation of that cycle.
"Sincerely wanting to help people" ( ) is an excellent cover story if I wanted to go blow up Daffy for my own self-interests, without giving a fuck about the Saudis killing Bahrainians (because that actually serves my interests too, not Thanas' morality). I mean, it's a lie that's actually true - America is actually really helping people in Libya (maybe, or at least that's what it really looks like in CNN) - rather than some bullshit about WMDs. This, at least, gives people the illusion of America's sincere wanting to help people, so they won't bitch and blubber like a bunch of liberal traitors who don't support BMD or ABM or FCCs. Which is bloody genius of Hillery and Zerobamasamabinladenaramadanamcnamara.
Turns out Barry is actually a better liar than Shrubya, lolwhoknewamiright. Barry of Mass Deception. Kenyan American Barry Misleading.
Anyway, the point is moot. Nobody on Earth sincerely wants to help those people. Nobody who actually matters anyway. It's not in their self-interest to sincerely want to help those people. Insincerely wanting to help those people, in order to gain something while at the very same time doing the opposite thing to other people elsewhere, is in their self-interest.
Not in Thanas morality though.