Would you send your military to defend Israel and democratize Cuba if you were the U.S. president?

Question

Explain why. . .

When is OK to say: " Let themselves take care of themselves and keep hands off...... blah blah blah..."
and When is OK to say: Let's go to war, send our troops and bomb and invade civilian areas, like in Irak ?
Cuba is a communist anti-american regime.

Does the USA President should leave any country to decide, what they want to do with their own goverments. ? ( Leave anti-American and Communist Cubans to decide what they want?

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In the Middle East>>>>:
If Israel can defend themselves , as many Americans think, Why we sent our troops to Irak??????
Thanks to the weapons we gave Israel, they feel they can fight any war themselves, but should we do the same with other counrtries? Give them Weapons of Mass destruction?

Answer 1

I prefer sending missles to sending soldiers. Kills more of the enemy, less of your own. 'Worked' for Clinton in response to the Cole, for instance. Of course, those were conventional warheads...

To answer the implied question: Cuba has never been considered enough of a threat to warrant a pre-emptive invasion. The disasterous Bay of Pigs, and a Blockade when Soviet nukes were involved, yes, but not a full scale invasion. Sanctions aren't exactly working on Cuba (do they ever work?), but Cuba isn't hording chemical weapons or persuing nuclear ones, either, so I suppose, like the DPRK, it's considered 'contained.'

Answer 2

I would defend Israel because that's what the US does: we travel the world to defend people who are attacked. There is no reason to go to Cuba to force change on the people. We are not in the business of changing governments simply because we don't like them. We went into Iraq because Sadaam represented a clear threat to his neighbours and attempted to become a threat to the world.

No I don't want to hear from the "Bush is a Liar!" crowd. My belief is based not on government reports but on one of your liberal sources. the UN reports, inspectors and the photos published showing the same WMDs you now claim never existed.

And the process of sending missiles instead of soldiers didn't work anymore than sending bombers into Germany won WWII or the Air War won Desert Storm. The Normandy landings had to occur, so too did the land invasion in Kuwait. Aerial bombing does nothing by itself. War is only resolved when there are soldiers in enemy territory in sufficient numbers. History is clear on this.

Answer 3

First of all I would be impeached my second day in office, but if I were the President I would have nuked all of the Middle East on September 12 2001 and went over their and took all the oil.

Answer 4

If Isreal came under attack, yes i would help militarily, as would the current president, and i would assume any other president mandated to office. As a long standing ally, US will have to come to the Isrealites aid. Keep in mind, that we are in a war on terror, though liberals seem to believe terrorism doesnt exist...liberals say "Never Forget" about 911, but they've seem to have completely forgotten about it. It is a disservice to the lives lost in 911 to say that fascist Islamic terrorist that hate America and want to destroy our way of life, is just an illusion by conservatives to keep everyone in fear of terror....blah blah blah, i mean comon, think with your heads and not with your political ideology. I dont know if theyre naive or blatant liars.

as for Cuba, how can you say leave anti american cubans to decide what they want, When the Cuban people cant even decide if they can eat pork for christmas without being thrown in jail. Liberals would be all over the president if he decided to do something about Cuba, so thats not even an option. It because of communist apoligetic liberals that we have eroded the purpose of the cuban embargo in the last 40 years. Hopefully when that Tyrant of a dictator Fidel Castro dies and rots in hell, Democracy will reign again in Cuba.


and by the way.... its called an "EMBARGO" not a "BLOCKADE" blockade is communist propoganda fed through here so people feel that what Castro does to the Cuban people can be justified.... the only "BLOCKADE" that affects the cuban people is the one perpetuated by Fidel castro, cashing in on exports, and depriving them of the basic s of human life, Food, water, energy...everything. So anyone that says "Hey, if it works for them... so be it" is just completely ignorant and just takes in what is fed to them. Cubans dont come to Miami on man made boats and die just cuz "It works for them" ...

Answer 5

I would not defend Israel...but then I wouldn't get elected either. As for Cuba, if it works for them...so be it. I wouldn't live under their system but apparently they are ok with it.

Bigger question is should we be invading countries in Africa that are killing 100's of thousands of people??

Answer 6

I would leave Israel to rot but i would liberate cuba

Answer 7

No i would not. let then take care of themselves.I don't see any of them helping us.

Answer 8

where is irak?