My big problem with pursuing "self-determination" abroad is that, witness Iraq, most Muslims will self-determine immediately to adopt sharia and enslave themselves again. It was a bad move to let them enshrine sharia in their constitution, although the only thing I can say in defense of Bush et al. is that it has taken everybody awhile to learn and understand what Islam really is (a tyrannical religious-political system) and at that time, most folks hadn't really grasped it.
Theoretically, it is not legally possible or permissible to sell yourself into slavery. But many of the people we liberate or people who live in the free world seem ready to do just that.
If they would be slaves, then their is no way I can stop them from that. The best thing to so in this case is do something to stop our dependence on Middle Eastern black gold.