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Originally Posted by firstdown
Well if we are fighting back the leaders so others who support someone else can take over I'd say thats nation building. Interfering in any way is really nation building. I did not say if it was right or wrong.
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Well nation buidling, to simplify it a bit, is when the U.S. commits considerable assets to rebuiling a nation's infrastructure, it's government, and there's a long-term military occupation and strategy in place.
The goal is to promote and spread democracy in said region and help it become politically and economically stable. It's what we did in Iraq and it's what we're sort of doing in Afghanistan, though the White House won't say so.
The situation in Libya is completely different on so many levels, namely we aren't at war with Libya and Libya poses no real threat to U.S. borders. This is turning into an international human rights crisis that has a significant economic impact on the price of oil. At least short term.