MMI,

I understand your arguments and respect your right to your belief regarding foreign aid. I don't agree, obviously, but I do understand.

However, you are advocating either attacking a country whose leadership is oppressing it's citizens or, barring that, forcibly removing those leaders, in violation of all international laws.

Now, I don't necessarily disagree with this idea, but you do realize that either of these options will ultimately lead to the deaths of people? Some of them innocent bystanders! Yet, elsewhere in these forums, you adamantly oppose the rights of individuals to protect themselves from criminals, just because they might cause the death of those criminals!

Please explain why it can be acceptable for a nation to kill foreign leaders or foreign nationals in the name of protecting and helping other foreign nationals, but it is not acceptable for an individual to kill criminals in the defence of his property and family? Who decides when one is right and the other is wrong? Violence is violence.

Sorry if this throws this thread completely off track.