” So we were justified to fight for independence and repel the brits during both revolutionary war and in 1812, with the help of allies in both cases, because you are American with an existential interest.
But somehow it’s ok that the Ukrainians are invaded because a larger force will determine their future. “
You’re trying to assign meaning to words that is not present.
I would never use words that ascribe morality to international affairs.
Every country will behave commensurate with their power.
“Justified” and “OK with” do not apply.
They were your words. You seem to be assigning yourself as a free American some superiority over the free Ukrainian. Maybe youre just not communicating your thoughts well here so feel free to explain further. But by my upbringing, ALL men are created equal. Therefore the rights we hold as given by God here in what we still (barely) call the land of the free, are also rights of other people’s in other nations.
I think you are splitting hairs when you say would ‘not ascribe morality to international affairs’.
This is one of those subjects that has arguments both ways, so the right answer will always be debatable. As a profitable blessed Christian nation (not so much these days), do we owe service to God and fellow man by stepping outside our own borders to provide aid when needed (including military for defense) to peoples in need? Or do we only look out for our own. I personally think that we are supposed to serve, though our service is very often taken advantage of. Nevertheless, and independent of what we decide to do, what God wants us to do is clearly spelled out. He does not want us to ignore evil.
“I would never use words that ascribe morality to international affairs.”
So, you would not describe the actions of Nazi Germany with relation to its European neighbors between 1939 and 1945 as “immoral”? Or even “evil”?
How about Imperial Japan between 1933 and 1945?