Quote Originally Posted by eisenherz View Post
applying your logic would mean Russia had to stay out of Crimea
Russia wasn't involved in the Crimean referendum. Russia had a military contract with Ukraine and had every right to protect it's naval base, including sending in troops and hardware. Violent uprisings coulda seriously damaged Russian assets in that region.
The decision to annex to Russia was totally a decision of the Crimean people. As for me, I totally do believe they made the right choice. If they were still part of southeast Ukraine, their homes, schools, hospitals, and everything else would be getting shelled by the Ukrainian army. I wouldn't consider the Crimean people very intelligent if they voted for that.
To the Crimean people - Stay with Russia! Stay safe from the bombing and bloodshed. Oh, and from being burned alive in Trade Union buildings.

Quote Originally Posted by diogen_ View Post
Ah, “Axis of Evil” is the “motley crew” of remnant quasi communist and radical Islamism dictatorships that are known for its poor record of bulling its own citizens and some terrorist activity abroad.
What country were you NOT talking about... because I can't find it on Google Earth. What part of the globe did the GPS miss? Tbh - totally honest - I can't think of any country that hasn't seriously bullied it's citizens or terrorized another nation.

Quote Originally Posted by diogen_ View Post
It’s self-evident if you analyze thier doctrines. Both commies and Islam radicals have certain bogus messianic feelings about liberating humankind from supposed corruption and degradation from which they promise to “cure” the world before long. You might need to analyze the works of their founding fathers to understand what they may aspire to contrive. Practically all of them end up with outrageous examples of human rights violations.
Just for fun, you may start with “World Revolution” idea if you like.
World revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By that logic, America is ancient Athens and a lot of Islamic people are heretics. Also, the USSR and China were the same country. Amazing!
Democracy is a system created by the ancient Greeks. To say that all Communists are clones of the precise doctine of the early Marxists is exactly the same as saying that all Democracies are clones of the precise doctrine used by ancient Athens Greece.
There's a word in the English dictionary and there's probably a similar word in most languages - Progressive. There's other words too like Evolved, Dynamic, Changing, etc etc.

Are you aware of the American ideal called "Manifest Desitiny"? It was almost identical to Hitler's ideal of a "Master Race".
And how is the American ideal of spreading Democracy all over the globe different from any other earlier ideal of global domination?
One planet - One form of government... Which one? Nazi, Democracy, Communism, Islam, Christian? Who conquers the whole planet?

So I'll ask again:
Who is this "Axis of Evil"? What country is posing a serious threat to the security of any other country today? Please name the country and explain how it's imminent that they will invade and take out another country.
In a real life - not feared or imagined - current crisis.

I'm not demanding an answer but my position can't be altered without one.

Btw, Somalia is not a legitimate case of internal affairs. Attacking another country's ships is an act of war.