[andy_card]

I guess I should have been more specific, Andy. I was referring to the Monroe Doctrine which set out the general principle of the US as guardian and protector of the Western Hemisphere. This was further defined in what became known in 1904 as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Have you heard of it?

Don't be silly. The Roosevelt Corollary does not set the US out as guardian and protector of the Western hemisphere. It does, however, reserve to us (and only us) the right to intervene should any country in the Western Hemisphere act irresponsibly in erroding its own "orderly freedom[s]." Since the most important "orderly freedom" is the right to political self-determination, any American intervention resulting in the overthrow of a democratic regime would necessarily run counter to the goals articulated by Roosevelt in 1904.

[Dog Gone]

The Roosevelt Corollary does not set the US out as guardian and protector of the Western hemisphere. It does, however, reserve to us (and only us) the right to intervene should any country in the Western Hemisphere act irresponsibly in erroding its own "orderly freedom[s]."

I don't know how you could post those two sentences back to back and not notice the contradiction.

I have a reading recommendation for you.