What gives them the right to do what they’re doing?
If you see “America” (funny you didn’t say “the USA”) as “some arrogant busybody”, then you must be liberal.
“What gives them the right to do what they’re doing?”
Um, the same right that allows us to meddle in Egypt, Libya, and Syria I suppose...
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. How dare we say Russia can’t exert influence on neighboring nation states while we were meddling in those same states ourselves? Have you forgotten that we backed the rebellion in Kiev that overthrew the legal government? Now we dare complain that there’s a counter rebellion against the rebellion?
Quit looking at everything from only America’s perspective. Look at how other nations might perceive us. They certainly have as much right to exist and pursue their interests as we, and just because they don’t use dollars or kowtow to American might doesn’t mean they’re our enemies.
Tell me America isn’t a busybody on the world stage right now. So what if we conservatives don’t want to be like that? The liberals who are running America just can’t avoid sticking their noses in everyone’s business.
You can see what he’s saying though. Take this example.
Mexico is a member of NAFTA, which makes them a special trade partner of the USA, not unlike how Ukraine was in a very entwined economic relationship with Russia (both heavy industries and gas).
I think we’d both agree the government of Mexico, while legitimately elected, is beyond corrupt. In fact, I’d rank Mexico’s government as one of the most corrupt in the world.
Let’s say Russia invited Mexico into an economic partnership that would require they leave NAFTA, but they refused. Then a popular uprising to join this new partnership sparked riots and the militia threw out the elected president.
What would we do? If our president had American interests at heart, you and I both know, we’d have tanks over the border to re-install the elected pro-NAFTA government within hours.
It’s simply a matter of looking out for your nation’s interest, and we have done it before in Latin America.