I never said that you said the US had no right to intervene. I said earlier, and implied in the my last comment, that _France_ said it.
In general, my entire argument has been: if it was legitimate for France to invade Cote d'Ivoire, then it was hypocritical for France to criticise the US for invading Iraq. Thus those who criticize France for said hypocricy are at least somewhat justified.
In this particular thread, you expressed distaste at the characterization (by another poster) of African countries as "half- to quarter-civilized African joke-nations", etc.
I then said that if such African nations are in fact civilized, then France should not have invaded them.
You then said that one may invade even a civilized nation if necessary.
I responded with a syllogism (note the "if" beginning the two clauses, denoting a counterfactual) that showed that regardless of whether one thinks it might be legitimate to intervene in other countries' affairs or not, French criticism of the US's invasion would be hypocritical.
I have so far responsed exactly and precisely to what you wrote. You have still not addressed my core argument, instead dismissing it as a "red herring".
Re: I'll leave you and <lj user = kulibali> to argue this out
In general, my entire argument has been: if it was legitimate for France to invade Cote d'Ivoire, then it was hypocritical for France to criticise the US for invading Iraq. Thus those who criticize France for said hypocricy are at least somewhat justified.
In this particular thread, you expressed distaste at the characterization (by another poster) of African countries as "half- to quarter-civilized African joke-nations", etc.
I then said that if such African nations are in fact civilized, then France should not have invaded them.
You then said that one may invade even a civilized nation if necessary.
I responded with a syllogism (note the "if" beginning the two clauses, denoting a counterfactual) that showed that regardless of whether one thinks it might be legitimate to intervene in other countries' affairs or not, French criticism of the US's invasion would be hypocritical.
I have so far responsed exactly and precisely to what you wrote. You have still not addressed my core argument, instead dismissing it as a "red herring".