RE: Why don't the dictator regimes be punished by the west?
March 7, 2019 at 8:18 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2019 at 8:20 pm by fredd bear.)
@AtlasS33
There is apolitical philosophy, to which I subscribe. It's called 'realpolitik", it argues that politics are about pragmatism above all..
Neither domestic nor foreign policy of any government is a based on moral principle. Policy is always based on the perceived best interest of the country concerned to a political party, to an electorate, to personal ambition.
Wars are never started on the basis of moral principle, except of course by the poor dumb bastards who do the actual dying.
There is apparently a psycho in charge of Saudi Arabia. No country will interfere unless it is in their perceived best interest. Right now the US has need of Saudi Arabia, and does not need the conflict with other Arab states should the US interfere in Saudi Arabia. It's an internal problem ,and up to the Saudis to resolve, or not.
"Realpolitik (from German: real; "realistic", "practical", or "actual"; and Politik; "politics", German pronunciation: [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises. In this respect, it shares aspects of its philosophical approach with those of realism and pragmatism. It is often simply referred to as "pragmatism" in politics, e.g. "pursuing pragmatic policies". The term Realpolitik is sometimes used pejoratively to imply politics that are perceived as coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian.[1] "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
There is apolitical philosophy, to which I subscribe. It's called 'realpolitik", it argues that politics are about pragmatism above all..
Neither domestic nor foreign policy of any government is a based on moral principle. Policy is always based on the perceived best interest of the country concerned to a political party, to an electorate, to personal ambition.
Wars are never started on the basis of moral principle, except of course by the poor dumb bastards who do the actual dying.
There is apparently a psycho in charge of Saudi Arabia. No country will interfere unless it is in their perceived best interest. Right now the US has need of Saudi Arabia, and does not need the conflict with other Arab states should the US interfere in Saudi Arabia. It's an internal problem ,and up to the Saudis to resolve, or not.
"Realpolitik (from German: real; "realistic", "practical", or "actual"; and Politik; "politics", German pronunciation: [ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises. In this respect, it shares aspects of its philosophical approach with those of realism and pragmatism. It is often simply referred to as "pragmatism" in politics, e.g. "pursuing pragmatic policies". The term Realpolitik is sometimes used pejoratively to imply politics that are perceived as coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian.[1] "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
